News: Jaipur: JDA to strip ownership of landlords who developed illegal colonies-12-02-2021
Following the direction of Jaipur Development Commissioner (JDC) Gaurav Goyal, the zone commissioners have written a letter to tehsildars and subdivision officers.
JAIPUR: In a first, Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is all set to strip the ownership of land owners who have illegally developed colonies on agriculture land. So far, the civic body has prepared the list of 31 such colonies. Following the direction of Jaipur Development Commissioner (JDC) Gaurav Goyal, the zone commissioners have written a letter to tehsildars and subdivision officers.
An official said, “To discourage such practice in future, proceedings for cancellation of ownership has been implemented under the Section 175 of Rajasthan Tenancy Act against the land holders.”
To protect residents from getting duped, the JDA has also directed the enforcement wing to again conduct zone-wise physical survey of illegal colonies. The civic body has also issued an appeal to the public and buyers to thoroughly verify the ownership documents of the land before purchasing any plot.
With a spurt in population and increase in demand for land, the illegal construction and development of colonies in the city is on the rise. Cracking down heavily on the illegal colonies and encroachments in the state capital, the (JDA) in the past three months demolished a total of 79 establishments, which were being developed on over 1,000 bighas in separate areas.
These illegal colonies were developed either after encroaching the government land or on agriculture land without the civic body’s approval. After land mafias became active and developed many illegal colonies during the pandemic, the JDA in October conducted a meeting to tackle the issue.
Directions were issued to the enforcement wing to act against these illegal establishments after dividing it into three categories. An enforcement wing official said, “There has been zero tolerance against encroachment on government land. Second point in our agenda was to act against the mafias who are using agricultural land for non-agricultural and commercial purpose after illegally developing a colony.”
