Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 7: Kashmiri Pandit Conference ( KPC ) in a meeting at New Delhi today discussed about the left out land and property of displaced KPs in the Valley and wanted to know the action taken by the Government about the recommendations made by J&K Law Commission for a complete ban on distress sale of properties belonging to migrant Kashmiri Pandits.
Kundan Kashmiri, president KPC stated that in its recommendations by the Commission, which has already been submitted to J&K administration, the Panel headed by former High Court Judge, Justice M K Hanjura has recommended that a blanket ban be imposed on the alienation of property belonging to Kashmiri migrant persons till further orders.
Kundan Kashmiri stated that in its observations, the Panel has stated that Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, has not been implemented in letter and spirit in the past over two decades, although the Act imposes restrictions on alienation of immovable property and it provides that district magistrates shall take over the possession of immovable properties belonging to migrants falling within the limits of their territorial jurisdiction, and it also lays down that unauthorized occupants of any migrant property shall surrender the possession of the same to the competent authority.
But the fact of the matter is that this Act has been followed in breach and the obligations cast on the authorities detailed therein do not appear to have been discharged sacredly for the last more than two decades and concerned district magistrates have failed to take over the possession of the migrant property in their hold as mandated under the Act and also no blanket ban has been done under the Act.
He said the panel has recommended to the Government to set up an independent agency which will perform functions assigned to district collectors under the law and also recommended that the word “migrant” be replaced by “internally displaced persons in the Act.
In this regard displaced community in general and KPC in particular want to know about the action taken by the JK Government and others concerned authorities on these recommendations of J&K Law Commission.
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