Srinagar, June 9: Top Officers are in question for non compliance of SO. 3808 of October, 2020 by which lot of Revenue Laws were repealed & which proved their intentional harassment to innocents over an wrong interpreatation by them for reasons best known to them.
Top Bosses till date did not bother to sort out the issue despite commmunications from the office of LG/Advisor(B), over the issue, which otherwise clearly speaks of collapse of system after formation of UT.
However, Recently, High Court also questioned Revenue bosses for violation of SO. 3808 of October, 2020 dtd. 26th October, 2020 & stayed the operation of its one circular of 2019 because the said so called Big Landed Abolition Act of 2007 stands repealed but top Bosses of Revenue and DC Offices not understaning the issue which is causing loss to the tune of crore of rupee by way of stamp duty fee by way of sale & purchase & other taxes by way of constructions to JK UT.
However, again, High Court has put on halt the process of land acquisition for construction of the Semi Ring Road as the notification for acquisition of land issued in 2017 has lapsed, directed the parties to maintain status quo with regard to the nature and possession of the land in question.
The land owners of various villages in district Budgam through Senior Advocate M Y Bhat have approached the court with the pleas that the notification issued in June 2017 has not been initiated and proceeded strictly by the local authorities in tune with the provisions of Land Acquisition Act and neither possession of the land was taken nor any compensation was paid to them under Section 17 of the said Act.
The proceedings in terms of the notification of 2017 elapsed by the efflux of time and due to coming into force the J&K Re-organization Act 2019 in the J&K UT, the land owners are now entitled to compensation for land acquisition under Central Act.
The Division Bench of Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice V C Koul until further orders directed the land owners and the authorities to maintain status quo with regard to the nature and possession of the land in dispute.
The DB issued notice to Secretary Revenue, District Development Commissioners of Srinagar, Budgam, Bandipora, Pulwama, Collectors of Land Acquisition Budgam, Srinagar, Bandipora and National Highway Authority of India to respond to the contentions of the villagers.
Court directed the Government counsel to seek instruction from these authorities as to why the land acquisition notification has lapsed and asked him to file counter affidavit in this connection within six weeks.
The notification was issued under J&K Land Acquisition Act and now has no relevance as the said Act has been abolished and repealed in terms of J&K Re-organization Act 2019.
The authorities as such are bound to initiate proceedings afresh under the Central Act which till date has not been undertaken as such cannot interfere with the possession of the land in question till fresh acquisition proceedings are initiated by the authorities concerned.
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