Portal for property disputes launched
Jammu & Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched an online portal for timebound redressal of grievances related to immovable property of Kashmiri families who migrated from the Valley in the 1990s. According to people familiar with the matter, applications related to encroachment or distress sale filed on the site – jkmigrantrelief.nic.in or kashmirmigrantsip.jk.gov.in – will be addressed within a fixed timeframe under the Public Services Guarantee Act, 2011 by the revenue authorities. The district magistrates, who are the competent authority, will be required to undertake surveys or field verifications of migrant properties, update all registers within a period of 15 days and submit a compliance report to the divisional commissioner, the people cited above said.
NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday launched an online portal for time-bound redressal of grievances related to immovable property of Kashmiri families who migrated from the Valley in the 1990s.
According to people familiar with the matter, applications related to encroachment or distress sale filed on the portal — http://jkmigrantrelief.nic.in/ or http://kashmirmigrantsip.jk.gov.in — will be addressed within a fixed timeframe under the Public Services Guarantee Act, 2011 by the revenue authorities.
The district magistrates, who are the competent authority, will be required to undertake surveys or field verifications of migrant properties, update all registers within a period of 15 days and submit a compliance report to the divisional commissioner, the people cited above said.
Speaking on the occasion, Sinha said the initiative will put an end to the plight of the migrants, including Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, who have been suffering since the 1990s.
“…It is the responsibility of the present to rectify the mistakes of the past. While laying the foundation for a bright future, this is also the time to heal the old wounds. I request all citizens to support the administration in this effort and set a new example of brotherhood,” he said.
The services through the portal will be applicable to all migrants, irrespective of their faith, and including those who are not registered as Kashmiri migrants but have fled from the Valley, the people cited above said. As per government data, nearly 66,000 families had moved out of the Valley in 1990 with the onset of terrorism. Out of the total, 44,167 families are officially registered as Kashmiri migrant families. These include 40,142 Hindu families, 2,684 Muslim families and 1,730 Sikh families.
“During the trial run period of the portal, we have received 854 grievances. It clearly shows a large number of migrant families were awaiting justice,” Sinha said.
The Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (preservation, protection and restraint on distress sale) Act was introduced in 1997 by the then J&K government for preventing distress sale of property belonging to migrants who were forced to leave the Valley.