Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 22: The 254 C order of 1965 of J&K Government under which the ownership rights on Government land allotted to PoJK displaced persons be excluded from the State order marking the entire State land in the negative list, said Dr. Narinder Singh Raina, BJP national secretary while talking to reporters here, today.
He was accompanied by former MLC Choudhary Vikram Randhawa, office secretary, Tilak Raj Gupta, Media Incharge, Dr. Pardeep Mahotra, and senior leader, Manmohan Singh at the press conference.
Dr. Narinder Singh, said that the displaced persons from PoJK, who resided in camps as well as in non-camps were allotted lands under 578 C, in 1954 for agriculture use, which was evacuee as well as Government property. Under 254 C order, they were given ownership rights in 1965, but unfortunately, under a recent order, this land was put under red land.
He said in 1976, under Agrarian Reform Act, the land allotted to PoJK displaced persons was excluded from this Act under Schedule II implying that this can be transferred to kins and can be sold till now. But now Government land allotted to PoJK displaced persons has been added under State land by an order of J&K Government thus preventing its transfer to kins and sale. “We request LG to rescind the order and exclude the land allotted to PoJK (1947,65,71) displaced persons from this order.
He said when the displaced persons came here, the Government developed their colonies. He also requested the LG administration to regularize these colonies. These colonies are ‘De’ Basties, which cannot be registered on individual names, and hence one cannot avail loans, or sell the land. There were earlier 46 colonies, but now their number has increased. “We request LG to regularize and register them all,” he added.
West Pakistan Refugees’ land is also evacuee property and State land, and it should also be regularized on their name. He said that these people cannot take benefit of Government schemes in absence of the land ownership rights.
Dr Singh pointed out that the Modi Government provided all the rights to these people especially empowered them politically and also socio-economically. But they are not able to get their due benefits.
He said that the funds for the farmers’ land used for the fencing near the borders by the Government are lying undisbursed in Government offices due to the non-clearance of the title of the land, and thus the affected persons are not able to claim their benefits.
He also mentioned the local allottees of J&K, which were residing in the erstwhile State before 1947 who were landless and got the land after 1947 under different heads. They too are not able to claim any benefits due to the non-clearances of the title.
“The original 254 C order implemented in 1965 for ownership rights to PoJK displaced persons’ land should be kept as such. Also, the recent order declaring the Government land allotted to PoJK displaced persons as State land may be declared null and void”, said Dr. Narinder Singh.
In 1947, during the armed Kabaili attack, the lands of persons who migrated to Sialkot, instead of PoJK, should be registered in the name of people residing on that land since 1947, as the original owners have migrated to Pakistan, he added.
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