Preventing illegal sale/lease of Shamilat lands in Haryana

by Haryananewswire (Balbir)

CHANDIGARH, SEPT 26 

The Haryana Development and Panchayats Department has issued instructions to prevent illegal sale, lease, exchange, partition and mutation of Shamilat lands in the State.

          While giving this information here today, an official spokesman said that the instructions had been issued to all Divisional Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners, Additional Deputy Commissioners, District Development And Panchayats Officers, Deputy Chief Executive Officers, Zila Parishads,  Tehsildars, Naib Tehsildars, Legal Officers Panchayats and Block Development and Panchayat Officers.  The land like Shamilat Deh,   Panchayat Deh,   Shamilat Patti, Jumla Malkan, Mustarka Malkan, Shamilat Panna, Thola,  Jarab Patti etc stand vested in the Gram panchayat as per the provision contained in the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 and the rules made there under and the east Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation )Act 1948 and Rules made there under.

He said that as per the instructions issued by the Development and Panchayats department,  the Registrars or Collectors would ensure that the sale deeds in respect of such types of shamilat land were not registered. Similarly, the partition and mutation of such types of land might not be allowed until and unless the title of such land was decided by the competent authority that was Collector.

He said that the compensation on account of acquisition of lands recorded as Shamilat Deh,   Panchayat Deh,   Shamilat Patti, Jumla Malkan as defined in section 2(g) of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1961, might be disbursed to the concerned Gram Panchayat and if someone raises a question of title, he might  be advised to approach the Collector under Section 13 A of the ibid Act of 1961 for appropriate relief.

He said that the village-wise complete revenue record of the land recorded as Shamilat deh, Panchayat deh, Nagar Panchayat, Jumla Malkan, Mushtarka Malkan, Shamilat Panna, Thola, Jarab Patti including whether the lands were being leased out or not, be updated village-wise and be maintained at the Block Headquarter by the concerned Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO).

The spokesman said that the BDPO would keep the
updated village-wise entries of revenue record which includes fard jamabandi, khasra girdawari, mutations, sale deeds or lease deeds of Shamilat Deh lands,  Shamilat Pana,  Thola lands,  Panchayat lands,  Jumla Malkan lands etc. of the Gram Panchayats. The senior District Officers such as SDOs (Civil), DDPOs, Tehsildars would regularly and frequently inspect these records and if it was found that any land belonging to Gram Panchayat had been illegally transferred or alienated, then he would inform the Deputy Commissioner concerned immediately for correction of revenue record and for taking further action against the delinquent officials and other person. The Deputy Commissioner would regularly review the status of such shamilat lands in the monthly meetings of Revenue Officers.

          He said that to detect the wrongful acts already done so far in this regard, it had been directed to get the revenue record checked and if such types of land was found to be already sold or partitioned or mutated or the amount of land acquisition compensation had been disbursed illegally, corrective measures should be  taken immediately.

          He said that all the Haryana Civil Service (HCS) Officers,  District Revenue Officer, District Development and Panchayats Officer, Block Development and Panchayat Officers, Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars and other revenue officials posted in the district have been directed to ensure strict compliance of these instructions. The District Development and Panchayat Officer and the Block Development and Panchayat Officers would keep a close watch on such transactions and report violation to the Deputy Commissioner concerned immediately. Any failure on their part would be viewed seriously.  The Deputy Commissioner concerned would also be personally held responsible for any lapse on his part in this regard, he added.