NURMAHAL
Gram Panchayat of the last village of the Jalandhar district’s boundary situated on the Sutlej River, Gag Dhagara is running from pillar to post for the last seven years to receive the balance amount of contract-cum lease money toward the gram panchayat land auctioned in his favor by the mining department for extraction of minor minerals.
Sarpanch of gram panchayat Gag Dhagara Beant Kaur told the Punjab Tribune.com that Sarpanch and Ex Sarpanch of the village had filed a civil writ petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2015 seeking directions to a private contractor to deposit the balance amount of contract-cum lease money towards the Gram Panchayat land auctioned in his favour by the mining department for extraction of minor minerals
Justice Surya Kant and Justice P.B.Bajanthri disposing of the petition had said in their judgment on February 2, 2016, that the needful including the determination of the amount payable by a private contractor shall be done within three months. It had said no sooner such adjudication takes place the mining department will deduct that amount from the security deposit and release Gram Panchayat’s share within one month.
Sarpanch said that an amount of Rs 1,4815757 was deducted by the mining department from the security of a private contractor but still not paid to the gram panchayat.
She said that the gram panchayat in its meeting held on November 19, 2002, passes a resolution for recovering the pending amount of Rs 14815757 from the mining department and the block development and panchayat officer Nurmahal block sent the resolution to sub-divisional magistrate Phillaur but still the panchayat is waiting for the release of amount.
Sarpanch said that the mining department had auctioned village mining khud in 2013 which remained in operation till 2015.