Illegal allotment of 75 kanal Govt land cancelled

Excelsior Correspondent
MENDHAR, May 4: Dy Commissioner Poonch, MH Mailk today cancelled the illegal allotment of  nearly 75 kanals of Govt land to some families located at Bhera village near Mendhar.
Nearly 330 kanals of  this Govt  land had been demarcated for Sports  Stadium near the town some time back. Some people in connivance with the local Revenue staff managed to get the said land under Khasra No. 689 alloted in their own name. Even they managed fraudulent Girdawaris of the land.
SDM Sher Singh when came to know about the matter during  eviction operation recently, wrote the matter to DC in details. The DC k sought the factual report from the SDM  and after being convinced canceled the allotment.  He also directed the SDM  and SDPO to get the land cleared.
The DC when contacted said that Revenue officials responsible for the act have been identified and legal action  will be taken against them shortly. He said that Govt will get this  land cleared  and if needed FIR will be registered against the accused officials.