STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: In a much publicized Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding alleged hushing up of Chatta-Sunjwan Land Scam in which Division Bench disposed off PIL with the direction to DGP to monitor the investigation, Crime Branch Jammu has register an FIR under Sections 20, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B RPC read with Section 5(2) P.C Act Svt. 2006 against the officers/ officials of Revenue Department.
According to the FIR, a written communication bearing No GAD(L)F-424/2014 dated 18th August, 2015 regarding encroachment of Government land at Chatta Sunjwan, Jammu, made by the Under Secretary to Government, General Administration Department, J and K, to the Secretary to the Government, Revenue Department, J and K, with a copy to the Inspector General of Police, Crime Branch, J and K was received in the Crime Branch wherein it was stated that the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu in reference to the Government Order No. 1083-GAD of 2014 dated 20th October, 2014 was enquiring into the matter with regard to the encroachment of Government land at village Chatta-Sunjwan, Jammu and had already submitted a preliminary report when in the meanwhile, the GAD received another notice on behalf of petitioner in PIL and the matter was re-examined in the GAD and the Law department and it was opined that, as the preliminary report submitted by Divisional Commissioner, Jammu had, prima facie, established the transfer of the State land under Khasra No. 1442 in violation of the rules and the standing orders on the basis of the tempered records, regular department proceedings along with criminal action may be initiated against the revenue officers/officials, the conspirators and the beneficiaries for violation of the rules and the standing orders and tempering of records, for which the matter may be referred to Crime Branch of State Police for investigating the criminal offence and accordingly, the matter is referred for taking further necessary action etc.
On the receipt of this communication, a preliminary verification was initiated in the Crime Branch, Jammu and during the course of verification it was found that the land in question was reflected in the revenue records viz. Record of Rights and Jamabandi as both proprietary as well as state land. It was also found that the Fard-e-Intikhab of the said land was not only issued in the year 2004-05 by the identified revenue officers/officials but was also issued by the revenue officials in the year 1984 too besides a number of entries/insertions with regard to the status of the land were also found to have been made, as the land was shown reflected twice on the same register in the Record of Rights of 1979-80 BK with one entry showing the ownership of Bachitar Singh and the other showing it as the state land, in Jamabandi 1998-99 BK the land was shown reflected through Khewat No. 19 Khata No. 406 as proprietary land/Maqbooza Malkaan and again reflected vide Khewat No. 85 Khata No. 636 as state land, as per Girdawri records since 1952 till date the land is still shown vacant and as per mutation records the land has been shown mutated vide mutation No. 919 as Virasti Intikaal. From the above it transpired that the revenue officers/officials in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy and in lieu of some pecuniary benefits had made multiple insertions and tempering in the revenue records from time to time to favour/ disfavour the owners as well as the state. JNF
