SVO registers case in land scam in Jammu

Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation today registered a case against some persons and officials of Revenue department in connection with an illegal conferment of prime state land here.
"A verification was conducted by Vigilance Organisation Jammu on a complaint of Raj Kumar regarding illegal conferment of state land to beneficiaries under the Jammu and Kashmir state lands (vesting of ownership rights to the occupants) Act 2001," the SVO said.
As per the complaint, the officials of Revenue department, Jammu, by sheer abuse of their position as public servants, conferred undue benefits upon the illegal occupants of the state land by intentionally ignoring the laid down provisions of Roshni Act and rules framed there under, it said.

They conferred ownership rights of the land wrongfully to selective undeserving persons in league with beneficiaries, and hence inflicted huge monetary loss to the state exchequer, said the SVO.
In this regard, the omissions and commission of the Revenue officials disclose the commission of offences, the SVO said, adding that a case has been registered at Vigilance Organisation police station Jammu and probe was on.