Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 29: Vigilance Organization booked Revenue Department officials on corruption charges.
As per official spokesman, one the basis of an enquiry conducted by Vigilance Organization to probe into the allegations regarding misuse of official position by revenue official namely Ram Lal, then Girdawar posted in Niabat Khour and Patwar Samwan who had acquired huge immovable assets in the shape of land (immovable property) for his personal gain by way of illegally transferring and mutating land in the name of his sons and other family members.
During the course of verification, it is found that then Patwari Halqa Samwan namely Sat Paul, son of late Shri Chattru Ram of Village Khara, Tehsil Khour in connivance with Ram Lal, son of Sain Dass of Village Kachrial Tehsil and District Jammu, then Girdawar had made illegal Girdawari entries for the land measuring 36 kanal situated at Village Kachrial in the names of sons of accused Ram Lal (then Girdawar) namely Ganesh Kumar, Surinder Mohan and Kamal Dev, all residents of Kachrial.
However, as per the revenue record, the said piece of land was recorded as Maqbooza Punjab Singh Bali, Inder Singh in equal shares with Beero Devi, Raj Singh and Janak Singh measuring 189 kanals and 1 marla Gair Mumkin Khad and 24 kanals and 12 Marla Banjar Kadeem, the spokesman added.
Further enquiries revealed that accused Ram Lal and his sons have cultivating possession over 60 kanals and 9 marla of shamilat land in village Kachrial despite the fact that they are not “Jadi Malkan” of village Kachrial and have no right over shamilat land as only “Jadi Malkan” can have claim over the shamilat land, he stated.
The spokesman further disclosed that the family of Ram Lal has 291 kanals and 16 marla of land in village Kachrial and Panjtoot in Niabat Khour which is above the ceiling limit of 100 kanals of land prescribed under Agrarian Reforms Act.
Taking cognizance of the matter, a case under FIR Number 25/17 under Section 5(1) (d) r/w 5(2) J&K PC Act 2006 and Section 120-B RPC has been registered in Vigilance Organization Jammu on the prima facie establishment of offences on the part of Ram Lal (then Girdawar), Sat Paul (then Patwari) and others. Further investigations are going on into the matter, the spokesman added.
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