Rajesh Gupta
Jammu, June 08: Once upon a time in noncompliance of WPPIL No. 20 of 2013, 19 of 2014, CPPIL 08 of 2016 by which stay on lands Gair Mumkin Khads was vacated & SRO-456 of 2017 dated 25th October, 2017 was notified by I&FC Department to clear the confusions but FCR/Revenue Secretary/ DC’s/ Revenue Officers continued harassing innocents in noncompliance as did not clear the confusions.
J&K Water Resources (Regulation & Management) Act of 2010 was notified by I&FC Department, in which Section ZZC & ZZE reads regarding water source & water course but main issue was mentioned in its objectives that what for it was notified for water charges, formation of State Water Regulatory Authority & other related matters but Revenue Officers due to their incompetence & lack of knowledge by adopting “Pick & Choose” stopped issuing Revenue Papers of lands nomenclature as “Gair Mumkin Khad Lands” even of constructed buildings or near by left out plots raised a pointer towards their working & malafidies of FCR, Revenue Secretary, DC's & others, needed to be acted upon, otherwise Girdawaries are entered twice in a year & it was mandatory for Revenue Officers up to DC level as they were to accord test check on Girdawaries as per actual status, which was not done?
SRO-456 of 2017 was issued by Jal Shakti Department in compliance to DB's orders & in Section 5(2) reads to demarcate khads from actual khads & Div Com/DC’s along with Chief Engineer, I&FC were appointed as adjudicating to remove the confusion between Gair Mumkin Khad Lands & actual Khads but all offices of Div Com/DC’s/CE preferred to sleep over the for the reasons best known to them, clearly speaks of dereliction of duties on their part but were not acted upon, otherwise were proved cases of deadwoods for losing their utility in the administration.
Then DC Jammu, Sushma Chouhan with accurateLaws/Acts vide No. ADC/ADM/PS/19-20/1780-81 dated: 07.01.2020 recommended 20 cases to FCR with complete NOC’s from I&FC & Revenue along with Google map of spots on a devised Performa by her office but FCR as usual preferred to sleep over the issue without his jurisdiction because SRO 456 empowered Div Com/DC’s as adjudicating Officers but after the intervention of Grievance Cell he forwarded the cases to the same man to Pr. Secretary Revenue after 5 months 11 days vide letter no. Misc-288/2020 dated: 19.06.2020 & thereafter till today DC Office is awaiting its disposal with closed eyes speaks of work culture of bosses in JKUT?
In the meanwhile MHA vide SO No. 3808 dated: 26th October, 2020 repealed all Revenue Acts in J&K & Sec 11 A was added for Municipal areas, wherein it stands that no Revenue Laws shall be applicable on Master Plan Areas because Master Plan it self clarified the distance of “No Construction Zones” from left & right of Rivers, Canals & Khads etc etc but despite that Revenue Officers prefer to close their eyes.
Above all one & only one of the competent then DC Jammu, Anshul Garg vide No. DCJ/SQ/GMKhad/2021-22/1671-72 dtd. 06.07.2021 clearly communicated to Div Com Jammu with copy to FCR with the observations that “Neither there was any ban on “Gair Mumkin Khad Lands” nomenclature nor there is any ban questioned by MHA’s SO-3808 E of 2020 issued by MHA by which various Revenue Laws were repealed but neither FCR nor Div com bothered to Act on the recommendations of Anshul Garg then DC Jammu.
If the above said communication of then DC Jammu read thoroughly by a competent officer called from other State or UT, shall detect the scam of harassment to thousand of innocents of J&K by Revenue Officers.
The said illegal act of top Revenue Officers by stopping sale/purchase of such nomenclature lands even in thickly populated area without any order from any of the authority’s has caused loss of crore to Govt Exchequer to hindered of crore per month by way of Stamp Duty Fee & other taxes, needs actions on such officers for lack of knowledge, incompetence & causing intentional delay in public works.
However, Administrative Council headed by LG approved a Decision No 17/1/2022 dtd 29th Jan 2022 by which DC’s were directed to resolve the issue of Gair Mumkin Khad Lands in 03 months but that 03 months never ended. Thereafter, just inspite of taking actions for noncompliance by LG, he approved another AC’s Decision dtd. 25th July 2025 by which DC’s were authorized to clear such lands up to 200 Kanals but none of the DC bothered LG’s order causing increase in loss to Govt to crores by not allowing issuance of Revenue Papers of such nomenclature lands despite no khad nearby, needed to be acted upon, even AC’s Decision dtd 25th July clearly clarified on meanings of “KHAD”?
Thereafter, CM Omar Abdullah, vide GO dtd 15th September 2025 constituted a high powered committee of DyCM, Jal Shakti & Agriculture Minister to submit report over the issue in 03 months but 08 months 20 days are over but nothing has been observed on ground except meetings?
Now, just to show off, Govt again notified a public notice for submissions of suggestions and objections within 10 days but none in first bothered to see the order copy wherein sale/purchase or issuance of revenue papers of Gair Mumkin Khad lands has been banned or Sec 11-A in MHA's SO 3808-E of 2020 dtd 26th October, 2020 & above all DC Jammu's communication No. DCJ/SQ/GMKhad/2021-22/1671-72 dtd. 06.07.2021 addressed to Div Com Jammu otherwise which could have resolved the matter on table.
However, below mentioned communication of then DC Jammu, if gone throughly shall prove a case of incompetence, lack of knowledge, causing intentional delay in public works on the part of concerned officers, who are proved cases of deadwoods for losing their utility in the administration, needed to be acted upon.
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