The Srinagar district administration has expunged illegal entries for 11,725 kanals of government and kacharai land from revenue records of the district and issued notices to encroachers.
The illegal entries have been cancelled andexpunged from revenue records of three Tehsils — totalling an area of 11,724kanals and 5 marlas of land including 10,865 kanals and 2 marlas of governmentland and 859 kanals and 3 marlas of kacharai land in North, Khanyar andPanthachowk tehsils.
An official statement said these illegal entries have been removedfrom 540 survey numbers in Panthachowk tehsil, 545 in Khanyar tehsil and 1429in North tehsil.
The Revenue department of the district hasalso prepared a list of illegal encroachers and occupants of the encroachedland. The list reflects 1923 illegal encroachers on 2782 kanals of governmentland and 2661 illegal encroachers on 5342 kanals of kacharai land in Northtehsil, 1352 illegal encroachers on 2224 kanals and 1 marla of government landin Khanyar tehsil, and 513 illegal encroachers on 516 kanals of government landand 859 kanals of kacharai land in Panthachowk tehsil.
It is notable that a comprehensive audit ofrevenue record was initiated last month in all 7 Tehsils of Srinagar districtin compliance with directions of the Financial Commissioner Revenue. Theprocess has been completed in 3 Tehsils whereas it is at final stages in other4 Tehsils which include Eidgah, Shalteng, Chanpora and South.
The district administration has also set upa team of officials to identify land brokers involved in sale of governmentland and initiate legal action in each case. It has also urged the generalpublic to report all cases of land encroachments to concerned Tehsildars andassist the administration in its efforts to safeguard government and commonland in the district.
In order to avoid illegal entries intorevenue records or physical encroachment of land in their respectivejurisdictions, the all Sub-Divisional Magistrates and Tehsildars of thedistrict are under strict instructions of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar DrShahid Iqbal Choudhary to do regular scrutiny of revenue records and keep aclose vigil on encroachers.
Meanwhile, an extensive drive for retrievalof government and kacharai lands is already underway across the district. Inthe last one month alone, more than 150 kanals of encroached land has beenretrieved in Tehsil Eidgah, Tehsil North, Tehsil Chhanpora and TehsilPanthachowk.