VIGILANCE BOOK FOUR REVENUE OFFICIALS, 7 OTHERS FOR LAND FRAUD AT MOHALI VILLAGE

Introduction

In this post we’ll read about case of vigilance book against four revenue officials and 7 others in matter of land fraud at Mohali Village.

Background Facts

  1. It came to light that in 1983-1984, 29,000 kanals of land was shown as ‘shamlat’ common land under ‘hasbat’ number 343 out of the total area of Majrian village. In 1991, this land was transferred in the name of locals through mutation number 2,026 as per the orders of the consolidation officer.
  2. Out of this land, 7,113 kanal was found to be distributed through mutation number 3,159. During the probe, it came to fore that 558 acres of land has been registered on the names of 14 fake persons by tampering with mutation number 3,159.
  3. In 2010-11, the land was later allotted to property dealers and land mafias in connivance with officials of the Revenue Department, who further sold it to others persons through power of attorneys.
  4. Ten fake transfers of 578 acres of land were found on June 18 and 19, 2014, and original documents under which transfers of land had been executed were destroyed from the records of the Revenue Department. A fake division case for 43 persons was prepared and approved on December 20, 2017.
  5. No prior notice was given to any petitioner or respondent in this bogus division case. Power of attorney of any lawyer was not attached to the file. In this connection, a fake advertisement was used, which was published in a newspaper on April 14, 2014.
  6. The Vigilance Bureau booked 11 suspects, including four revenue officials, for allegedly manipulating revenue records during the division/mutation of a land at Majrian village.

Major Suspects?

Naib Tehsildar Varinderpal Singh Dhoot, Joint Sub-Registrar Rupinder Singh Manku, Daulat Ram and Iqbal Singh (both Patwaris) and seven other persons namely Shyam Lal and Hansraj, both residents of Majrian village, Rabbi Singh of Karoran village, Dharam Pal from Amloh in Fatehgarh Sahib, Sucha Ram of Kaimbala village, Paramjit Singh of Patiala and Ravinder Singh of Fatehgarh Sahib were found involved in this land scam.

Four suspects – patwari Iqbal Singh, Ravinder Singh, Paramjit Singh and Hansraj – have been arrested and sent to three-day police remand.

Provisions under which Case has been registered?

A case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Sections 409, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471, 477-A, 201 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Vigilance Bureau police station, Mohali.

What Vigilance Bureau Chief Director-cum-Director General Police has to say?

Vigilance Bureau Chief Director-cum-Director General Police BK Uppal said some property dealers and land mafias had manipulated the revenue records during the division/mutation of land at Majrian village in connivance with revenue officials and transferred the ownership in ‘khewat’ numbers vis-à-vis transferred the land to known beneficiaries by using illegal ways through power of attorney.

It came to light that in 1983-1984, 29,000 kanals of land was shown as ‘shamlat’ (common land) under ‘hasbat’ number 343 out of the total area of Majrian village. In 1991, this land was transferred in the name of locals through mutation number 2,026 as per the orders of the consolidation officer.

 Out of this land, 7,113 kanal was found to be distributed through mutation number 3,159. During the probe, it came to fore that 558 acres of land has been registered on the names of 14 fake persons by tampering with mutation number 3,159.

In 2010-11, the land was later allotted to property dealers and land mafias in connivance with officials of the Revenue Department, who further sold it to others persons through power of attorneys.

Ten fake transfers of 578 acres of land were found on June 18 and 19, 2014, and original documents under which transfers of land had been executed were destroyed from the records of the Revenue Department. A fake division case for 43 persons was prepared and approved on December 20, 2017.

No prior notice was given to any petitioner or respondent in this bogus division case. Power of attorney of any lawyer was not attached to the file. In this connection, a fake advertisement was used, which was published in a newspaper on April 14, 2014.

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