Jammu, Nov 22: The anti-encroachment drive against land grabbers and drug peddlers continued for the second day on Saturday on the outskirts of Jammu, with authorities demolishing several illegal constructions and retrieving 1.75 acres of land.
On the first day of the drive, more than 16 acres of prime land worth crores of rupees were retrieved after razing a number of structures to the ground, including residential and commercial buildings at Sikanderpur in Bishnah Tehsil.
On Saturday, the district administration carried out an anti-encroachment operation at Harsa Dabbar village.
The operation was conducted on the directions of District Magistrate Rakesh Minhas, in coordination with Jammu SSP Joginder Singh.
The drive led to the retrieval of 14 kanals (1.75 acres) of encroached land, which will be proposed for the establishment of office buildings and a police post,.
The district administration also cautioned that no illegal conversion or encroachment of state land, agricultural land or custodian property will be tolerated.
Strict legal action will be initiated against the violators, including those involved in narcotics-related offences.
However, a prime 14 Marla land has been declared as State Land in Chowadhi, because the said patch was the part of encroachment of 31 M land by encroaching 17 M land of an innocent.
After enquiry the mutation of 4 mutations were canceled by DC Office Jammu along with fraud permission granted by DC Office Jammu with the nexus of Revenue officers & land grabbers & DC Office after Commissions report established that 17 M land belong to the plot owner but after cancelation of 31 M land, 14 Marla land was excess in asw only 17 M belongs to the applicant.
Following which Revenue officers of Tehsil Bahu fixed a board of 14 M as State Land at Chowadhi. However, there is now one more plot of 18.5 Marla, for which Mutation has been cancelled needed to be declared as State Land, which was also part of the fraud mutations out of 04 Mutations.
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