Grabbing of temple land
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: Prem Nath Bhat Memorial Trust (PNBMT) in a meeting attended by C.L.Pandita acting chairman, Kashmiri Lal, founder Trustee, Virender Raina, chief spokesperson, Shadi Lal Koul Rais, general secretary expressed satisfaction that the efforts of the group in the recent past for Judicial and administrative action in matters of usurpation and un authorised occupation of temple and shrine properties and also agrarian and other such properties have shown positive results.
The meeting said Judiciary and Quasi judiciary bodies have given pro active response. In a recent case land belonging to Shri Vinayak Prabandhak Committee at Wanpoh in district Kulgam, 10 Kanals are under the occupation of a Government Department. Similar actions to secure the Gopitirath Ishber Nishat has been ordered so as to prevent its reoccupation.
While addressing the meeting Kashmiri Lal said that in a case before Financial Commissioner Revenue J & K/ Commissioner Agrarian Reforms, cases of various displaced Kashmiri Pandits parties having been divested of their agrarian lands in Kashmir after 1990. These displaced KPs were divested of their lands by way of farcical mutation in flagrant violation of instructions from time to time regarding attestation of mutation under Section 121 of Land Revenue Act and also in violation of J&K Migrat Immovable Property Act 1997 and Migrant Stay of Proceedings Act 1997 and most blatantly without the knowledge of the original owners of the lands or petitioners. In view of these blatant violation of the process of mutation the revision petition was accepted and the wrong mutations of the estates of Watdora Galwanpora Budgam was set aside and the entries as existed before prior to the farcical mutation are restored.
Similar actions was taken in various other cases in different districts of Valley, he said.
Virender Raina said that, it may be recalled that in past a high level delegation of PNBMT had met the Financial Commissioner Revenue and apprised him of about the farcical mutation of migrant KP lands in Kashmir and subsequently the actions followed.
C.L.Pandita assured members that we will continue to act in a pro active manner and would act where ever any issue of usurpation or unauthorised occupation of temple or agrarian properties comes to our notice.
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