Express
news service : Chandigarh, Wed Jun 13 2012, 03:45 hrs
In
a fresh set of instructions, the Punjab government has banned the
sale or transfer of land owned by the village panchayats or those
reserved for common purpose.
The
Financial Commissioner (Revenue), NS Kang, in a letter to all the
deputy commissioners has stated the land owned by gram panchayats, or
which is reserved for common purpose and is recorded as shamlat deh
or jumla mustarka malkhan can neither be sold or transferred. As per
the sources, the letter states that if any registration of such land
has already taken place, then its mutation should be put on hold till
further orders.
The
letter also cites directions to this extent given by the Punjab and
Haryana High Court on a petition filed by residents of Mohali
district. The court, while hearing another case, had constituted a
tribunal under the chairmanship of Justice Kuldeep Singh, who retired
from Supreme Court, to inquire into the sale and unauthorized
division of panchayat, government and jumla mustarka malkhan land.
The tribunal was set up after a petition alleged that 60 VIPs owned
land, which was a part of the village shamlat deh. Selling and buying
of shamlat deh land by private individuals is illegal under the
Punjab Village Common Land (Regulations) Rules, 1964.
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