Continuing its drive against illegal and fraudulent vesting of ownership rights upon the ineligible occupants of state land on low rates under Roshini scheme 03 more cases were registered against the then officers and officials including the Deputy Commissioners of District Anantnag, Budgam and Pulwama in Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir on Friday
A copy of Audit report alleging irregularities committed in transfer of land under Roshini Scheme received from the office of the Principal Accountant General(Audit) through J&K State Vigilance Commission for verification, revealed that the officers and officials of Revenue Department of District Anantnag, Budgam and Pulwama have by abuse and misuse of their official position as public servants conferred undue pecuniary benefit upon the illegal occupants of state land by arbitrarily fixing the price of land i.e lower than the prevailing market rate of the area, incorrect the application of rates and un authorized change of classification of land from residential to agricultural etc. The officers and the officials of the department have violated the provisions of the act and the rules their under and while acting in league with the beneficiaries inflicted huge monetary loss to the state exchequer thereby defeating the purpose of the Jammu and Kashmir state Land’s (vesting of ownership the Occupants) Act 2001 i.e. generation of revenue for taking up development works in the state.
District Pulwama
Verification conducted has revealed that after hatching a criminal conspiracy the officers and the officials of the Revenue department Pulwama conferred the ownership right of stat land measuring 06 kanals 10 marlas and 04 sirsai falling under khasra No’s. 754 min and 631 min upon the unauthorized occupants namely Ghulam Ahmad Pandith S/o Mohammad Ramzan, Dr. Farhat Pandith S/o Abdul Ahad, Abdul Majid Sheikh S/o Ghulam Ahmad and Ghulam Rasool Wani S/o Rajab all residents of Kakapora Pulwama under J&K State Lands (Vesting of Ownership of Occupants) Act 2001 despite knowing that the out of the land approximately 04 kanals, 02 marlas and 07 sirsai was falling within 75/70 feet of the main/link road and as such not permissible for vesting of ownership under the act. In furtherance of the conspiracy the private accused person applied for vesting of ownership of the state land with Tehsildar Kakpora, the accused revenue authorities recommended conferring ownership rights upon the occupant and the accused members of the committee ordered vesting of ownership rights upon the private accused persons for the whole land including the land under coming under the Ribbon Development Act. In this regard case FIR No. 29/2015 was registered in Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir, Srinagar under sections 5(1) c, 5(1) d r/w 5(2) P.C Act Samvat 2006 and 120-B RPC against the occupants and then Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Shri Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo, then Additional Deputy Commissioner Pulwama Shri Iftikhar Hussain Bari, then Assistant Commissioner Revenue Pulwma Shri Mohammad Rajab Bhat, then Tehsildar Pulwama Shjri Mohammad Hussain Mir, then Naib Tehsildar Pulwama Shri Mohammad Maqbool Ahanger, then Girdawar Kakpora Shri Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh, then Patwari Halqa Kakpora Shri Abdul Razak Wagay and investigation taken up.
District Budgam
Similarly verification conducted has revealed that after hatching a criminal conspiracy the officers/officials of Revenue Department Budgam conferred the ownership right of 04 kanal 01 marla state land falling under khasra No. 297 min in village Rakhshalina Budgam upon Mian Mohammad MUjtaba S/o Mian Nisar Hussain R/o Baghat Barzulla Srinagar under J&K State Land’s (vesting of ownership the Occupants) Act 2001 under commercial category after calculating rebate much less than admissible under rules framed under the act. In furtherance of the conspiracy the private accused person applied for vesting of ownership of the state land with Tehsidlar Chadoora and the accused members of the committee recommended vesting of ownership rights upon the private accused persons under commercial category at the rate Rs. 7.00 lacs per kanal and ordered the accused beneficiary to deposit only Rs. 6,37,875/-. However, as per the rules framed under the Act an unauthorized occupant was required to be ordered to deposit 60% of the anchor value of Rs. 28,35,000/- with an additional rebate of 25% if the remittance was made within three months. But in furtherance of the conspiracy the accused members of the committee ordered the accused beneficiary to deposit only RS. 6,37,875/- as against admissible amount of 12,75,750/-. In this manner the accused beneficiary was conferred undue pecuniary advantage of Rs. 6,37,875/- with corresponding loss to the state exchequer. In this regard case FIR No. 30/2015 was registered in Police State Vigilance Organization Kashmir under section 5(1) c, 5(1) d r/w 5(2) P.C Act Samvat 2006 and 120-B RPC against Shri Abdul Hmaid Mir, then Tehsildar Chadoora and Shri R.K Bhat then Assistant Commissioner Revenue Budgam and others and investigation taken up.
District Anantnag
Similarly, verification conducted has revealed that after hatching a criminal conspiracy with Gh. Mohidin Gassi and others sons of Gh. Rasool Gassi R/o Khanabal Anantang the Ownership Rights of State Land measuring 14 marlas under Khasra No. 663Min and 664Min in Revenue Village Khanabal Anantnag where illegally and fraudulently conferred upon by the officers /officials of Revenue Department Anantnag upon occupants under J&K State Land’s (vesting of ownership the Occupants) Act 2001 under residential category as against commercial category on the basis of anchor value of only Rs. 5.00 lacs per Kanal as against the existing Market rate of Rs. 20.00 lac per Kanal and in this manner caused undue pecuniary advantage of least Rs. 5,25,30/- upon the occupant with co0rrosponding loss to the state exchequer in this regard FIR No. 31/2015 was registered in Police State Vigilance Organization Kashmir under section 5(1) c, 5(1) d r/w 5(2) P.C Act Samvat 2006 and 120-B RPC against the occupants Shri Syed Ghlum Jeelani then Patwari Halqa Khanabal Anantnag, Shri Abdul Majid Wani then Girdawar , Shiri Altaf Hussain Mistri then Naib Tehsildar Ang., Shri Syed Altaf Hussain then Tehsildar Ang, Shri Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Rather, then Assistant Commissioner Revenue Anantnag, Shri Abdul Rashid Dar, then Additional Deputy Commissioner Ang. And the then Deputy Commissioner Anantnag Shri G.A. Pir and investigation taken up.The cases registered by VOK under Roshini Act has increased upto 07 till date in Kashmir Region.