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| Ensure action against agriculture land converters: DB | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Apr 11: A Division Bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court has directed stern action against the violators who indulge in conversion of agriculture land in the state.
"We reiterate all the directions issued from time to time by the Court to be implemented in letter and spirit," the Division Bench comprising Justices Mohammad Yaqoob Mir and Justice Hasnain Massodi said while hearing a Public Interest Litigation.
"In addition thereto, all the Deputy Commissioners (Collectors) of the districts are impressed upon to ensure that all the revenue authorities at their respective levels shall ensure stern action against the violators so as to stop the change of the kind of land i-e agriculture land, any violation noticed anywhere shall be stopped and action taken report shall be submitted," the Division Bench said further.
In case no action is noticed to have been taken by the concerned revenue officers of the area, the division bench said, they shall be personally responsible and answerable.
Slew of directions have been issued from time to time by the court as to ensure that the land meant for agriculture purposes such as Shali cultivation etc is not utilized for construction of houses. On last date of hearing, all the Deputy Commissioners were directed to file their response about the conversion of agriculture land for other uses.
On March 11, the court had directed them to file the status report by or before next date with a word of caution that in case compliance is delayed their personal appearance shall be indispensable.
"Some of the Deputy Commissioners have filed their responses but those are not satisfactory," the court said.
The Division Bench said that it was a matter of concern that the revenue authorities having powers under various enactments to stop violation of conversion of the land are not timely taking action, as a result thereof the violators with impunity have been changing the kind of land.
"The Land Revenue Act Agrarian Reforms Act. J&K Alienation of the Land Act and other applicable Acts, empower the revenue authorities to stop the conversion of the land and to take action, which they are not doing. Now in compliance to the various directions of this court, status reports filed too unsatisfactory," the court said.
The court was hearing a PIL filed by the Human Watch International, an NGO seeking directions regarding the agriculture land conversion into residential housing colonies in violation of law including J&K Land Revenue Act, J&K agrarian Reforms Act and other Land Laws. |
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