Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 28: Seeking roll back of the Custodian General’s regime, Bharatiya Janata Party has demanded regularising all evacuee properties in favour of the local allottees in a time bound manner.
While welcoming LG Govt’s decision dated 16.08.2024 providing for conferment of proprietary rights of evacuee lands (Custodian) in favour of Displaced Persons of 1947, 1965, 1971 and West Pakistani Refugees, J&K BJP Spokesperson, Ankur Sharma pressed for grant of proprietary rights in favour of all local allottees, be it agricultural, residential commercial, mixed or any other type.
“Conferment of proprietary rights in favour of DPs and WP Refugees was the first step. The follow up and second step of incorporating local allottees should be walked by the Omar Govt without any delay,” he said, while addressing a press conference at BJP Headquarters, here today.
Ankur Sharma further pressed for grant of proper compensation in favour of local allottees of those evacuee lands which have been acquired by the Governments for public purposes in the past.
Maintaining that the Operating Expense Ratio (OER) incurred by the Custodian Department is so high that it betrays common sense to justify its existence, Ankur Sharma said that 75 years post independence having a department for protecting and managing properties of those who crossed over to Pakistan, betrays all common sense.
“The Evacuee Property Act should be repealed to the extent of doing away with the legal regime of Custodian to Custodian General and for the intervening period, a Relief Commissioner of the rank of Commissioner/Secretary to the Government who should not be less than a Senior IAS officer or Senior most JKAS Officer from the persecuted community only should be created to adjudicate issues related to conferment of ownership rights/earlier allotments,” he said.
Y V Sharma, J&K BJP Spokesperson, also addressed the press conference and hoped that the present Govt will waste no time in implementing LG order for giving permanent proprietary rights to the Displaced Persons as it will generate lot of goodwill throughout the UT.
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