Skip to main content

Influential politician encroaches forest land after mutating records

4/6/2017
Early Times Report 

Jammu, Apr 6: Throwing the standing orders of the Government to winds, ten kanals and two marlas Forest land has been encroached after mutating the land records by government officials in favour of politician at village Bhata Dhoorian, Tehsil Mendhar for last many years. Surprisingly, no official has dared to reclaim the forest land which is under illegal possession of a Politician.

Pertinently, the Article 48 of constitution of India says "The State shall Endeavour to protect and improve the Environment and safeguard Forests". The Article 51-A further says," It will be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the Natural Environment including Forests, Lakes, Rivers and Wild-Life and to have compassion for living Creatures.

President of Pir Panchal Environment and Eco Development Society, MB Mughal approached Early Times with documents and explained his struggle to save forest land besides vacating forest land from illegal possession. He said that a part of forest land under compartment No.155/Mendhar comprising khasra No.764 situated in Village Bhata Dhoorian, Tehsil Mendhar measuring ten kanals two marlas enjoying overhead irrigation facilities was being maintained by Forest Department Poonch as a forest Nursery for raising planting stocks of different economical species since 1961-62 as vindicated by revenue records.
Conspiracy!
A KAS Officer during his posting as SDM Mendhar entered into a criminal conspiracy with so called local occupant and without NOC from the forest authorities/knowledge of Tehsildar, mutated the said piece of Forest Land illegally and without jurisdiction in the name of Sarpanch under the grab of 394/C which is not applicable on forest land at all.
He alleged that the patwaris of Revenue Department posted in the area indulged in recording fake, fictitious and fraudulent Girdawaris secretly in the name of a local sarpanch so as to entitle the interested party for mutation and ownership on the basis of so called possession.

The then DFO Poonch Jagdish Kishwan and then Range Officer Mendhar M.B.Mughal took up the matter with e then District Development Commissoner Poonch requesting cancellation of fake, fictitious and fraudulent Girdawaris by Patwari on Forest land vide his Office Letter No.421-24 Dated 12-08-1985. Subsequently Mughal informed the higher authorities including Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Divisional Commissioner Jammu in writing but despite repeated requests, they turned a deaf ear toward the issue.

"On the contrary a KAS Officer during his posting in Mendhar Tehsil as SDM Mendhar entered into a criminal conspiracy with so called local occupant and without NOC from the forest authorities/knowledge of Tehsidar, mutated the said piece of Forest Land illegally and without jurisdiction in the name of Sarpanch under the grab of 394/C which is not applicable on forest land at all," he alleged.

He further alleged that the officer thus changed the status of Forest Land as state land in possession of a Politician and transferred proprietary Rights upon the encroacher.

He and his organization approached the then Minister for Environment and Forest, Vigilance Commissioner Jammu and the then Chief Minister J&K State for taking immediate steps regarding cancellation of illegal mutation on forest land, but disappointed over the working of Government and officials of the concern department, he stated that only option left with NGO is to seek legal redressal.

When contacted, Administrative Officer cum Public Information Officer (PIO) CCF Jammu, Shamim Kripak said a complaint of above said matter has been received by the authority. "When the matter was investigated, it was found the said land falls under Khasra no. 204 which is proprietor land as per revenue record" he averred.


His claims were however refuted by AO CCF, Jammu, M B Mughal.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

JEs with AMICE degrees denied promotions

Deptt says degree not valid for Govt jobs in State 1/14/2017  Nitesh Sangral   Early Times Report    Jammu, Jan 14: Number of Junior Engineers, having AMICE degrees, working in Public Health Engineering (PHE) Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Departments of Jammu and Kashmir State are running from pillar to post to get promotions since 2010 till date and files are pending for disposal of the same. However, Commissioner, Secretary of PHE Department Sanjeev Verma said department has already examined the said degree two times but both times the degree has been rejected. A group of JEs stated that the PWD (R&B) Department of J&K state have accepted the above said qualification and included the concerned Junior Engineers in the seniority list of JE (civil) degree holders and also have promoted vide Govt. order No. 362 PW(R&B) of 2014 Dated 14-08-2014 various junior engineers to the post of Assistant Engineers but PHE, I&FC Department...
Post a Comment
Read more

HSRP project: Vehicles registered outside J&K will not get these security plates

HSRP project: Vehicles registered outside J&K will not get these security plates Nitesh Sangral JAMMU, June 14: Jammu and Srinagar cities has begun fixing High Security Registration Number Plates (HSRP) on vehicles in line with an apex court order. But this is a bad news for the vehicles with their registration numbers outsider the state. The Transport department has no proposal for outside vehicles. They vehicles fixing there number their owner state. It is pertinent to mention here that, direction of apex court the transport department has begun the fixing of hi security numbers plates on vehicles. The proposal is going is casual way, nobody is serious about hi security number plates. Interestingly, the department was planned to fixing HSRP in the series way but due to some reason the department chancel and start applying process, firstly vehicles owner fill the form and apply for HSRP numbers dopiest in RTO office than RTO officials will verify his document and give rece...
Post a Comment
Read more

Docs seek closure of in-apt Medical Supplies Corporation, resent minister's attitude

1/3/2018 Early Times Report Jammu, Jan 3: In order to save his face from embarrassment after receiving criticism from everyone, Health Minister took first time meeting with Head of Departments (HoDs) at Super Speciality Hospital Jammu on Tuesday. It needs to be mentioned here that the officials of the department were facing resentment by the doctors against the working of the management of GMC Jammu as well as Jammu and Kashmir Medical Supplies Cooperation which, according to them failed to deliver services timely. If sources are to be believed, since the new Minister took charge of Health Ministry, he didn't take a meeting with HoDs of the various departments and never tried to know about their problems which they were facing since last many years. "After receiving complaints and criticism regarding the poor working of the incumbent Ministry by the people and Politicians of the ruling parties, they took a meeting with the HoDs to discuss the issue of Kidney ...
1 comment
Read more