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Agri-land Conversion: DB asks govt to appoint separate authorities at Srinagar, Jammu 5/20/2016 10:49:19 PM Early Times Report Srinagar, May 20: A division bench of the state High Court today directed government to appoint separate authorities at Srinagar and Jammu for implementation of agrarian reforms act and other allied laws as well as Supreme Court directions to ensure non-conversion of agriculture land and retrieval of Kahcharie land from encroachers in Jammu and Kashmir. As the hearing in a Public Interest Litigation begun before a division bench of the court comprising Justice M H Attar and A M Magrey suggested to advocate general D C Raina that the government may constitute the two authorities, which may reasonably be the Divisional Commissioners of each division, for implementation of the Land Revenue Act, Agrarian Reforms Act and other allied legislations besides Supreme Court directions in Jagpal Singh and Ors. Vs State of Punjab as also orders passed by the high court from time to time. The advocate general responded in positive following which the court directed the government to pass necessary orders for appointing the authorities. "The authorities will, besides monitoring the implementation of the relevant laws, shall also evolve mechanism for protection and preservation of the retrieved land," the division bench said and directed the authorities to file compliance report after every two months before the registrars judicial of both the wings of the high court. "Any person would be at liberty to approach the Court with the grievances or complaints that the judgment is not being implemented and or compliance report filed is not correct. On such a motion the Court may then initiate contempt proceedings against the concerned authorities," the court said while disposing of the PIL- Human Watch (Regd) International Vs State & others. Any person, the division bench said, would be at liberty to approach the Divisional Commissioner of each division about the violation of the laws and encroachments made in State land, Shamilat or Khacharie land.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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