Bangalore,
July 5, 2012, DHNS
The
National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR)
founder-president S R Hiremath, on Thursday urged the State
government to immediately implement the Supreme Court direction on
transfer of village community land.
On
February 1, 2011, the Supreme Court had declared transfer of village
community land for private and commercial use as illegal and directed
the states to take immediate steps to evict encroachers.
“However,
the State government has done nothing in this regard.” The Supreme
Court had directed state governments to prepare schemes for eviction
of illegal occupants of village community land and restore it back
for the purpose it was meant for and had observed that such schemes
must provide for speedy eviction so that a logical end is achieved.
A
Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and Gyan Sudha Misra had said:
“Long duration of illegal occupation or expenditure on construction
or even political connections must not be treated as a justification
for condoning this illegal act or for regularising the illegal
possession.”
The
Bench, noting that in many states, the governments themselves have
issued orders permitting allotment of gram sabha land to private
persons and commercial enterprises on payment of some money, said
even such orders are “illegal”.
Hiremath,
while accusing the government of inaction, said that his organisation
will take the matter up in a big way if the government does not act
on the SC direction.
Campaign
against the corrupt
NCPNR,
Jan Sangram Parishad (JSP) and Gram Ganarajya Vedike (GGV), who have
been running a campaign against illegal mining and related matters,
have planned a nation-wide campaign (in select places of eight
states) on the anniversary of ‘Quit India Day’.
The
campaign will focus on ‘community control over natural resources:
water, forest, land, minerals and seeds’ and is aimed at removing
corrupt people from society so that natural resources can be
protected.
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