Millennium Post

HP‘S revenue appellate court tells govt to crack down outsiders violating land use

- ASHWANI SHARMA

ing to a particular community. What could be more wrong than that? She was warned and suggested to change her guards. Still she kept them. But she was betrayed and brutally killed. The present case was a sudden flare up. There was no pre-planning,” the defence counsel said. However, his submission was opposed by senior advocate H S Phoolka, who appeared for the victims.

“Every Sikh condemned the act of killing of the Prime Minister. It was tragic. But does that mean that Sikhs be killed? Does that give licence to kill? “Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, was killed by Nathuram Godse. But did anything of that short happened against anyone? The accused were leading the mob. The whole world is watching that how we treat such cases,” Phoolka said. JAIPUR: Three siblings drowned in a pond while attempting to save each other here, police said Thursday.

The incident occurred in Bhadli village of Jaisalmer district when Durga (21), Puja (20) and Kanchan (18) had gone to take water from the pond, Deputy Superinten­dent of Police (DSP) Gopal Lal Sharma said. After one of them slipped in deep water, the other two sisters also drowned while attempting to save each other, the DSP said.

The matter has been registered under relevant sections of the CRPC, Sharma said, adding the bodies were handed over to their family on request without post-mortem. SHIMLA: Non–himachalis, who had purchased land in Himachal Pradesh for residentia­l use, after getting relaxation­s under Section 118 of HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act 1972 but have diverted same for commercial use, will find themselves in trouble now.

A top revenue appellate court headed by Financial Commission­er (appeal) Sanjay Gupta has ruled that those outsiders who had changed the status of their residentia­l properties to commercial will be required to seek fresh permission­s under Section 118 of HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act 1972. He has asked the Additional Chief secretary (revenue) to direct all Deputy Commission­ers to launch a special drive to detect violations of the Section 118 .

“All such cases in which the non-agricultur­ists have purchased the name in the state for residentia­l purchases and after raising huge structures they are using such properties for commercial purchases, or let – out these on rent or converted into guest houses without obtaining necessary permission­s of the government changing the land use,should be detected,” ordered Financial commission­er .

Gupta had upheld the order of the Dvisional Commission­er Kangra and Deputy Commission­er, Kangra wherein they have ordered vesting of a prime property at Jawalamukh­i in Kangra district to the government as the owners had violated the Section 118. They had obtained the permission under the HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act for a residentia­l house but converted it into a guest house.

The non-himachalis i.e outsiders are allowed to purchase land in the state only with permission of the state government as section 118 of HP Tenancy and Land Reforms Act debars sale and purchase of land.

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