Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 13: The Jammu Kashmir Sharnarthi Action Committee (JKSAC) in a meeting held at Abtal village in Samba expressed its displeasure for the insensitive attitude of the State Govt for not pursuing the Central Govt to release the amount of relief compensation for Rs 5.5 lakh in favour of DPs who have been verified and awaiting relief compensation for the last more than three months.
While addressing the meeting, Gurdev Singh, president regretted that within the span of 10 months period approximately 5000 beneficiaries of 1947 PoK only could get the relief compensation against more than 14000 families verified by PRO inspite of many hazards and have been recommended for disbursement to Govt of India.
He expressed resentment that despite of three month’s period further amount of relief compensation has not been transferred in the account of verified beneficiaries which is becoming a cause of resentment among the DPs. He urged upon the State authorities to vigorously pursue the Central Govt to release the relief amount without further delay.
While expressing his views regarding the disbursement of recent package, he condemned the State Govt for not including the bonafide DPs families residing in the State in this package. He said families who have been allotted lands in 1954 after migration and later on has not been included in this package because of non-availability of records required under guidelines issued by Govt for filing the application. He further said that families who could not avail the benefit of land allotment or ex-gratia grant provided in 1962 for one or other reason have also been excluded, as they are in possession of all records of land having at their native places in PoK and even PRC issued by Maharaja and his revenue officer are not being considered. There are other DP families whose parents were killed in turmoil and their minor survival members were not eligible at the time of land allotment or for availing benefits of ex-gratia grants have also being excluded.
He said that all such left out bonafide families residing in the State fall within the total of 26,319 families for whom the package has been recommended. He urged upon the Chief Minister to take the lenient view of it.
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