Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 16: The Vigilance Organization has booked Revenue officials and others for changing the nature of State land from Gair Mumkin Khad to Varyal Doyam at Jourian by showing the cultivation of beneficiaries over the said land.
A case FIR has been registered against Sukh Ram, then Naib Tehsildar Jourian and Ajit Kumar, then Patwari for hatching conspiracy with Balbir Singh, Jasbir Singh and Tarsem Singh and changing nature of the State land measuring 48 kanals.
The verification into the case revealed that these Revenue officials after hatching conspiracy with others, illegally and fraudulently changed the nature of land measuring 48 kanals by showing it under cultivation from Gair Mumkin Khad to Varyal Doyam without any competence and in utter violation of the relevant acts and rules.
Verifications further revealed that in khasra No. 430/1, nature of land from Gair Mumkin Khad to Varyal Doyam has been illegally changed in 113 kanals of land out of which entry of 88 kanals including the aforementioned 48 kanals has been made by then Naib Tehsildar Jourian and others during the year 2009 while as the illegal entry of remaining 25 kanals of land has been made by the predecessors of said Naib Tehsildar and others during their respective period of postings.
Thus omissions and commissions on the part of these public servants constitute offences punishable under Section 5(1) (d) read with 5(2) of J&K PC Act 2006 and Section 120-B RPC and accordingly case has been registered in Vigilance Organization for further investigation.
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