JAMMU: State Vigilance Commission (SVC) today directed the Custodian General to take immediate action and submit an action taken report (ATR) before it on illegal constructions in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
“SVC has directed the Custodian General to take immediate action and furnish a compliance report before it about illegal constructions raised over evacuee properties in Karnah tehsil of Kupwara district,” said an SVC officer.
SVC took cognizance on a complaint lodged by Abdul Rehman Pathani against revenue officials alleging their involvement in “large-scale irregularities and corrupt practices”, besides accusing them of “misusing their official position” and issuing various fake and fictitious mutations vis-a-vis migrant properties in Karnah tehsil and sought a factual report from SDM, Karnah.
The Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), after a thorough on-the-spot inquiry, prima facie established that a number of illegal constructions over evacuee properties were raised and it remained unexplained as to why and how the encroachers were allowed to construct on evacuee land illegally, the officer said. (AGENCIES)
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