Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 16: The State Vigilance Commission has directed for registration of a case against some Revenue officials and others for conferring ownership rights of a prime land under Roshni Act in favour of a dead person.
Vigilance Commission inquiry revealed that one Sita Devi was conferred ownership rights under Roshni Act in respect of prime State land measuring 4 kanals at Rajbagh after clearance by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on 30.06.2007 on the recommendation of Nazool Department against the payment of Rs 72 lacs.
Interestingly, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar on March 4, 2008 ordered conferment of ownership rights upon Sita Devi for 4 kanals of land under survey number 1317 and 1318 in estate Nursing-grah though she had already expired on January 21, 2008.
Enquiry by Commission further revealed another person namely Shamsher Singh, who represented himself as an attorney holder of Sita Devi, in connivance with concerned Revenue authorities, got the mutation entered in the mutation register in favour of Sita Devi on April 16, 2008 though only part payment of Rs 54 lacs had been made and Sita Devi was already dead, thereby conferring ownership rights on a dead person as the proprietor of the land.
In the Jamabandi register, deceased Sita Devi was entered as owner and the land was shown in her personal possession. Strange enough on the same date Naib Tehsildar, after entering deceased Sita Devi as the owner of the land showing the land in her personal possession, mutated the same land of deceased Sita Devi in the name of Shamsher Singh on the basis of a will deed which is under scrutiny. As per the complaint the land has further been handed over by Shamsher Singh to Mohammad Younus son of Ghulam Ali Dar of Nowshera Srinagar and Hakim Zaffar Ali son of Hakim Shair Ali of Nishat under agreement to sell for a consideration of Rs 15 crores and a Commercial Hotel has also been established on the land in question.
Holding that these facts prima-facie disclose commission of a cognizable offence by the Revenue officials in connivance with said Shamsher Singh and others, the State Vigilance Commission directed the Director, Vigilance Organization to register a case against the concerned officials for thorough investigation. This apart, a reference has also been sent to the Chief Secretary of the State with the recommendation to take administrative action against delinquent officers and restore the disputed land as per law.
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