GANDERBAL, JUNE 19: Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal today chaired a meeting of officers of Defence Estates, Army and Revenue Department to discuss the defense land issues in the district.
The meeting was attended by Brigadier 3 Sector RR, Maheswar Singh, Additional Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal, Farooq Ahmad Baba, ACR Ganderbal, ACR Bandipora, ASP Ganderbal, SDM Kangan, Tehsildar Kangan, Tehsildar Lar, Defense Estates Officer Kashmir Circle, Commanding Officers of Army and other concerned officials of Revenue Department.
During the meeting threadbare discussion was held on various defence land issues which is under the Army at several locations of the district including Manasbal Defense land, Chattergul, Wussan, Satran, Cherwan, Gund and Sonamarg.
The issues that were discussed threadbare include encroachment, demarcation, mutation, derequisition of land besides permission for fencing at MES Hard Standing Sonamarg.
During the meeting the officials of defense estate raised the issue of encroachment of Defence land at Manasbal by few departments/organizations like Sericulture and SKAUST for which they also claim that land has been transferred to them for which DC asked the ACR Ganderbal to check the actual facts.
The Deputy Commissioner instructed the defense Estate Officer, SKUAST as well as Sericulture to coordinate with Revenue authorities and produce relevant documents by virtue of which the land is transferred to their departments/organizations so that appropriate action is taken by the revenue department.
The DC asked the revenue officials to fix the timeline for demarcation where ever required so that actual quantum of land is handed over to the defense.
