Chandigarh ǀ IANS ǀ 27 October
2013
The Congress Sunday urged the
Punjab and Haryana High Court's chief justice to take cognizance of
"blatant and politically backed" land grab by powerful people in
Punjab by way of encroachment of village common land.
Punjab Congress spokesman Sukhpal
Singh Khaira alleged that a powerful nexus of politician-bureaucrat-police
officers has encroached upon panchayat, shamlat and village common land all
over the state.
He alleged that the encroachers
included powerful people like former minister and ex-Shiromani Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Jagir Kaur, who is a legislator of the
ruling Shiromani Akali Dal, and the state Director General of Police (DGP)
Sumedh Singh Saini.
"Jagir Kaur has
illegitimately encroached upon 12 acres prime commercial land in Begowal
(Kapurthala) worth Rs.100 crore. There has been no action against her despite a
complaint pending with the Lok Pal since August 2011," Khaira said in a
statement here.
"Similarly, Saini has,
through his influence, been able to get 32 kanals of 'Gair-Mumkin Nadi'
(rivulet) mutated in his favour in village Kansal near Chandigarh, but no action
has been taken against him."
Khaira said that the Justice
Kuldip Singh commission, appointed by the high court to look into land grabbing
by powerful people in Chandigarh's periphery, had submitted its interim report,
accusing powerful people of land-grabbing but the state government was
unwilling to take any action.
Khaira urged the chief justice to
take suo moto cognizance of the matter.
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