Jammu, Feb 19: Minister for Revenue, Relief and Rehabilitation Raman Bhalla has asked the Revenue Officers to gear up   for retrieving the state land from the grabbers.
 He was interacting with the Revenue Officers during his inspection to various sites of state lands at Industrial Estate in Jeevan Nagar (Near UCO Bank) and Langer village in Kunjwani, here this afternoon.
 Bhalla asked the officers to fence all the Government lands in their respective areas as per revenue record so that the land to keep the habitual grabbers at bay.
 He said the Government is planning to use   state land available at various places for the construction of social infrastructure  and other assets  like schools, tube wells, over head tanks, roads, bridges, multipurpose community halls etc.
 The Minister asked the officers to retrieve Government land with full force under Common Land Act 1956 and put sign boards of the concerned departments for the knowledge of general masses.
 The Minister sought  the cooperation of the people in identifying the encroached Government land in their respective areas and asked them to approach the  special complaint cells  established in the Deputy Commissioners offices for collecting information about  encroachments on EP and State land across the State. He appealed the people to lodge information regarding land grabbers and their name on website www.jammu@nic.in also so that   action will be initiated against them.   
 The Minister asked the land grabbers to vacate land voluntarily, other face action under Public Safety Act. He said Government has also received various complaints regarding fake allotments of State and EP land in different areas of the State. He asked them to enquire into the complaints and report to higher authorities for further necessary action.

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