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| DB issues notice to petitioner's counsel in CMA moved by alleged encroachers | | Alleged encroachment of 400 kanals of JDA land at Gole Gujral | | Et Report
Jammu, Dec 23 : In the much publicized Public Interest Litigation against land grabbing in which the petitioner Prof SK Bhalla filed a fresh application highlighting alleged encroachment of 400 Kanals of JDA Land at Gole Gujral meant for colony of economically weaker sections of the society, in which on the last date of hearing the Division Bench had impeaded JDA as party respondent and had issued notices to the State respondents for filling response, today a fresh CMA came to be listed before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice MM Kumar and Justice Hasnain Massodi moved by 71 alleged encroachers seeking their impleadment as party respondents in the PIL on the ground that they are in occupation of the said land for the last more than 20 years and have raised their pacca structures on the said land. Division Bench after hearing Prof SK Bhalla appearing in person and Adv Ajay Singh Kotwal appearing for the alleged encroachers issued notice of the fresh application to the counsel for the petitioner for the next date and directed Registry to list this PIL on February 19, 2014.
In the civil miscellaneous application the petitioner SK Bhalla has submitted that a local daily in its issue dated November 30, 2013 carried a news item highlighting encroachment of 400 Kanals prime land belonging to JDA and Revenue Training Institute under Khasra No 746 min situated at Gole Gujral Jammu has been encroached by some elements by first carrying out temporary construction and then turning the same into pacca structures during the past quite long time and despite being aware of this encroachment neither JDA nor any other concerned agency bothered to get the same vacated. It is further contended in the application that the said land is actually meant for the construction of a colony for Economically Weaker Section of the society.
It is further submitted that appropriate directions are warranted to the senior functionaries of the JDA and revenue dept to ensure the eviction of encroachers from the prime land in question so that the same is developed for raising the colony for economically weaker sections of the society. The petitioner has also prayed that appropriate disciplinary action is also required to be directed to be taken against the erring officials of JDA and Revenue Dept who remained remiss while discharging their official duties which led to the encroachment of the aforesaid land. (JNF) |
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