Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 3: The Jammu Kashmir Sharnarthi Action Committee (JKSAC) has strongly condemned the UT Govt for not taking cognizance of the issue raised against the corrupt officials of Revenue Deptt particularly Tehsildars and Patwaries for brazen violation of Agrarian Reforms Laws 1976 in respect of DPs of 1947 from PoK settled on land in rural areas of Jammu region.
The organisation reiterated its demand to constitute a high level panel of honest Revenue experts to probe the violation committed by such Revenue officials and further demanded that such Revenue officials should be identified and be punished under law.
The participants DPs in the meeting held at Digiana Camp narrated their tales of sufferings at the hands of corrupt revenue officials and made a humble appeal to Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Principal Secy, Revenue Shaleen Kabra to look into the issue seriously and intervene to put the reign on such revenue officials otherwise proclamations made to root out corruption and feigned compliance of orders and rules will serve no purpose.
While addressing the meeting Gurdev Singh president alongwith Manjeet Singh, Kirpal Singh and Jasmeet Singh expressed grave concern for depriving DPs of concession envisaged in Agrarian Reform Act 1976 in respect of their lands as per Section 3-A and other rules. He said that after a very hard and protracted struggle put forth by JKSAC in early seventy’s DPs were conferred occupancy tenancy rights under section 3-A of Agrarian Reform Act 1976 and similarly more concessions were given under Para-I and II of Section 2 (c) of Section 4.
He said that land falls under Schedule II of the Act i.e land allotted to DPs vide 578-C of 1954, 254-C of 1965, albi 6-C, albi 7-C of 1958 have been exempted from the applicability of Agrarian Reform Act 1976. He said that blatant violation and defiance of Agrarian Reform Laws by such Tehsildars and Patwaries clearly demonstrate that revenue system of the Govt has totally collapsed.
Singh alleged that Tehsildars in district Kathua have brazenly violated the order of senior officer with respect to attest mutation under Section 3-A of Agrarian Reform Act 1976. Also order passed in other identical cases by courts, Tribunal and ADC Kathua with Agrarian Reform Powers has been thrown into the waste basket by the said officer. Despite of providing clear evidences of non-compliance to his senior officer, the action under law has not been taken against him.
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