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| Un-avoidable conversion due to developmental activities: Ajaz | | Laws in place to check illegal conversion of Agri land | |
JAMMU: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Mr Ajaz Ahmad Khan while replying to a discussion raised by Dr. Bashir Ahmad Veeri regarding unauthorized and unabated conversion of prime agriculture land throughout the state, said that instructions have been issued to all the revenue field agencies to ensure implementation of all the land laws in letter and spirit so that illegal conversion of agriculture land does not take place. He said that stringent provisions are already in place under the Land Revenue Act and other sister Acts, regarding conversion of Agriculture land for non-agriculture purposes. The Minister, however, said that keeping in view the developmental activities like construction of roads, bridges, acquisition of land for Railways and other public purposes, lot of unavoidable conversion has taken place during the last few years. He said that there is a provision under the J&K Agrarian Reforms Act for conversion of land for construction of residential houses up to 2 kanals without seeking prior permission from the competent authority. Mr. Ajaz said that despite presence of stringent legislation, there are instances where illegal conversion of agricultural land has taken place. This has mainly occurred due to non-existent Housing Policy in the state. As and when such a policy comes into force such illegal conversion will automatically get checked, he maintained. The Minister added that in good number of cases permissions have been obtained from the Competent Authority for such conversions. |
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