52 Kanals of state land retrieved at MA Road, Karan Nagar
Admin recovers govt land 'illegally encroached by former CM’s kin, two ministers in Anantnag
Srinagar/Anantnag: The authorities on Tuesday retrieved 52 Kanals state land in Srinagar, while as more than 19 Kanals of government land were retrieved in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, officials said.
Tehsildar South Moin Kakroo said that 40 kanals state land illegally occupied by Nedous Hotel owner has been retrieved at M A Road here while 12 kanals of state land was retrieved at Karan Nagar in Srinagar.
He added that a total of 52 kanals state land has been retrieved by the revenue department.
Pertinently, the government has started anti-encroachment drive across J&K in a bid to retrieve the state land and Kahcharai land from the illegal occupants, especially the highly influential people.
Meanwhile, the district Administration Anantnag also held a massive anti-encroachment drive against Peerzada Mohammad Syed, former chief Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress and Ex Minister, Syed Farooq Andrabi, former legislator from Dooru and Ex MoS and heirs of former Chief minister Syed Mir Qasim, at Dooru.
At Ara Khoshipora, 1 kanal of Kahcharie land under the alleged occupation of Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed was retrieved. The outer wall of the premises which had been constructed on Kahcharai land has been demolished. It is in place to mention that notices for voluntarily removing the encroachments had been issued to the ex-minister but he had failed to give air to the Government direction, an official spokesman said.
Similarly, the family of Syed Farooq Andrabi, former legislator from Dooru had encroached upon 2 kanals and 7 marlas of Shamilat 4 land by way of orchards at Shistergam. The same lands have been retrieved and notice boards indicating the status of land have been installed on the site, the spokesman added.
He said that another 15 Kanals of Shamilat lands which had been occupied by the heirs of Syed Mir Qasim, former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir have also been retrieved by a team led by Tehsildar Dooru. It is in place to mention that the encroachers had established an orchard at the site which was being used to earn income by utilizing public property.
A senior revenue official said that on the directions of Deputy Commissioner Anantnag, encroachments by influential encroachers are being identified and anybody found encroaching on State/Shamilat lands will be taken to task. He said that several such influential encroachers have been identified and the drive will continue.
Elsewhere, a guest house raised illegally has been taken over by the administration in Pahalgam.
Revenue Authorities in Pahalgam led by Tehsildar Pahalgam Mohammad Husain took over the guest house named ‘Green Acker’.
The guest house, an illegal structure, located on a prime piece of land at Laripora Pahalgam was raised by Bashir Ahmad Dar, Ex EO MC Pahalgam and Manzoor Ahmad, Ex Secretary MC Pahalgam, officials said.
‘Green Acker’ guest house is situated on Laripora main road on a piece of State land that is worth crores of rupees and the property was being used commercially for raking profits. It is in place to mention that the area has a large tourist footfall and is highly valued commercially, the spokesman added.
Tehsildar Pahalgam said that the anti-encroachment drives in Pahalgam have been successful in retrieving 1000s of kanals of land which can now be used for public purposes.
He said the piece of land had been grabbed by the officials by abusing their position and has been taken over by the department and will be put to public use. He said that other such people are being identified and action will continue.
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