Book Burj Hassan common land encroachers: BDPO

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Book Burj Hassan common land encroachers: BDPO

 

NURMAHAL

The Nurmahal block development and panchayat officer (BDPO) has asked the Bilga police to register cases against Burj Hassan villagers for encroaching common village land.

In an official communication to the Bilga police station house officer, the BDPO said the common village land which has been vacated had been re-encroached and the violators are refusing to budge. The communication said this is causing huge financial loss to Burj Hassan village panchayat. BD PO said a case under section 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Land act,1961 be registered against 35 encroachers by name.

The then district development and panchayat officer (DDPO) Jarnail Singh had passed orders against 30 encroachers on March 9, 2004. He had also pronounced that Rs 5000 per acre be recovered from the encroachers from 1999 to 2003.

The communication said the village panchayat hands in gloves to the encroachers adding that the auction of the land was announced many times, but the panchayat did not cooperate.

 It is pertinent to mention here that nine years ago the Nurmahal block development and panchayat officer had written to the Bilga police to register cases against Burj Hassan villagers for encroaching a common land but to no avail.

In an official communication in April 2016 to the Bilga station house officer, the BDPO had said the common village land which was vacated on November 29, 2013, had been re-encroached and the violators are refusing to budge.

The BDPO in a piece of information under the RTI Act had said the Phillaur subdivision magistrate (SDM) was also requested to impose section 145 of the Criminal procedure Code (Cr. P.C) on the land to stop the encroachers from cultivation. But no such action was taken by the sub-divisional administration.

 

 

Bilga Station house officer Mohindar Pal said he has no information about any communication from BDPO Nurmahal and no case has been registered against encroachers by the police.


Jan 23 2023 4:27AM
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