Jammu: J&K Revenue Department has accorded sanction to the transfer of State and JDA land measuring 153 kanal at Deeli village in Jammu South tehsil of Jammu district in favour of Industries and Commerce (I&C) Department for establishment of Medi-city.
An order issued by the department stated that the land should be used only for the purpose for which the sanction of transfer was accorded.
“Sanction is hereby accorded to the transfer of State or JDA land measuring 153 Kanal falling under Khasra No 61-min (18 Kanal State Land) and Khasra No 62-min (135 Kanal JDA Land) situated at village Deeli, tehsil Jammu South, district Jammu in favour of Industries and Commerce Department for establishment of Medi-City,” read an order issued by Commissioner Secretary Revenue Vijay Kumar Bidhuri.
Transfer, however, will be subject to the condition that the land will be put to use after obtaining all other permissions as may be required for its construction from the competent authority including the prior change of land use of the land parcel to the statutory land use for the purpose it is transferred and payment of the improvement charges if applicable.
“The permission shall be subject to the adherence of such other provisions of laws relating to Revenue or Forest or J&K Water Resources (Regulation and Management) Act, 2010 or Housing & Urban Development Department etc,” the order read.
It was further directed that it would be the responsibility of the user department to contest litigation over the land and comply with directions of the High Court of J&K or any other competent court with regard to the usage of the said land.
“No diversion of transferred land for any other purpose shall be made without the prior approval of competent authority. The government reserves the right to retrieve any unutilized portion of the land from the department if the same is required for any other public purpose,” it added.