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| Calendar for recovery, realization of encroached state land issued | | Azad chairs high level meeting to this effect | |
Jammu, Nov 28
Chief Minister Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad while presiding over high level meeting of revenue officers of Jammu division here today emphasized that the ordinance issued for retrieval and cost realization of state land from all illegal occupants as per different categories shown in the ordinance should be implemented in letter and spirit. He fixed time targeted calendar for initiating action in this regard.
Minister of State for Revenue Mr. Prem Sagar Aziz, Chief Secretary Mr. C. Phunsog, Financial Commissioner Revenue Mr. G. D. Wadhwa, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Mr. Anil Goswami, Divisional Commissioner Jammu Mr. Pramod Jain, Secretary Revenue Mr. Masood Samoon, Deputy Commissioners of all districts of Jammu division and other senior officers attended the meeting.
It was decided in the meeting that all revenue agencies will start, after proper ground work till 15 December, issuance of notices to the illegal occupants. The process of delivering notices to the illegal occupants will commence from 15 December and continue upto 31 December 2006. The meeting decided that after delivering of notices issued by Tehsildars and served by Nambardars against proper receipts, the applications in the prescribed form will be collected by Nambardars and deposited in the office of concerned Tehsildars by or before 21 January 2007. Immediately thereafter, meetings of committees constituted under the ordinance shall begin for disposal of applications and fixation of price.
It was decided in the meeting that recovery of cost of land shall begin from 27.01.2007 onwards.
Chief Minister said that any person holding the land illegally beyond 10 kanals has to surrender the excess land in any case, adding that land upto 10 kanals only can be processed for grant of ownership rights.
Asking people to be part of historic initiative taken in this direction to mobilize resources for infrastructure development and launching of public service projects, Chief Minister said that state expects huge amounts with the implementation of ordinance.
Azad said as per reports compiled about 20 lakh kanals of state land worth Rs. 25000 crore has been identified under illegal occupation of people in the state. He said the cost to be obtained in lieu of regularization or retrieving of the land could be utilized for state purpose and for construction of huge projects in the sectors of PHE, irrigation, power, roads, hospitals, schools and bridges. He said this stupendous task of generating resources for development projects would give new meaning to the development drive under execution in the state at present.
He said people from all walks have to realize the sincerity of the government behind initiating this measure and cooperate at every level to make it a success for larger interest of the state and its people.
Stressing for putting in vigorous efforts with a quest to accomplish a historic mission, Chief Minister asked revenue department to gear up functionaries at all levels to translate the policy into action and realize the goal within time frame. Chief Minister said that this policy has provided historic opportunity to the functionaries and people to get involved in gigantic task of building the state with its own resources.
Azad explained in detail the provisions and aims and objectives along with modus operandi of the ordinance. He said that awareness about the rules, procedures and benefits be generated among the public and any misgivings on this count removed. He said new rules at one hand would help generate remunerative resources for the state and on the other provide golden opportunity to the illegal occupants of state land to take benefits out of the provisions of the ordinance. He also explained the provisions for incentives to the functionaries and occupants involved who shall get the matter settled as early as possible.
“A major and far-reaching people’s benefit scheme is going to emerge on development canvass of Jammu and Kashmir. Everyone should tie itself with 21st century innovative scheme for large scale development of the state and that too with our own resources”, he maintained. |
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