Jammu & Kashmir

Will retrieve land under Roshni Act in 6 months, says JK Admin

‘Mutations done under legislation annulled, beneficiary influential persons to be identified in 30 days’

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to implement the High Court order Judgment in which the Court declared the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001 as amended from time to time as “unconstitutional, contrary” to law and unsustainable.

An order issued by Jammu and Kashmir Department of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, with the approval Lieutenant Governor, JK, stated that the administration has been found necessary that in order to implement the judgment and directions are required to be issued.

“Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that the  Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department shall pass an order declaring all actions taken under the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001, as amended from time to time, and rules made thereunder as void ab-initio,” the order states.

He shall ensure that all the mutations done in furtherance of said Act are annulled.  The Principal Secretary to administration, Revenue Department shall also work out a plan to retrieve the large tracts of State land vested under the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001 in a time-bound manner.

The Principal Secretary shall also work out the modalities and plan to evict encroachers from such State Land and retrieve the State land within a period of six months. Principal Secretary to Revenue Department shall work out modalities for handling the money received for these lands after the annulment.

The Principal Secretary shall ensure that information regarding district wise State land as on 1st January 2001 are compiled and posted on the official website as well as NIC website with the details of the State land which was in “illegal and unauthorized occupation” of the person(s)/ entities with the full identity of encroachers and particulars of the land.

The details of the applications received under the Roshni Act, 2001;  the valuation of the land;  the amounts paid by the beneficiary; the orders passed under the Roshni Act; and the persons in whose favour the vesting was done and also … further transfers, if any, recognised and accepted by the authorities.

Complete identities of all influential persons (including ministers, legislators, bureaucrats, government officials, police officers, businessmen etc.) their relatives or persons holding Benami for them, who have derived benefit under the Roshni Act, 2001/ Roshni Rules 2007 and/or occupy State lands.

The said action shall be completed within a period of one month.

The Divisional Commissioners, Jammu as well as Kashmir, shall place on the record before the High Court district-wise full details of the encroached State land not covered by the Roshni Act, Rules, Scheme(s), order(s) which continues to be under “illegal occupation”; the full identity and particulars of the land and person(s)/entities encroaching the same. The Revenue Secretary shall ensure that this information is also posted on the website.

The action taken in the aforesaid matter shall be shared by the Revenue Department with the General Administration Department on a weekly basis.

 

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