Transfer of revenue Officials to sabotage action against encroachers

In an apparent move to sabotage the resumption of land in the illegal possession of Harrisons Malayalam Ltd (HML),two top officials of the Revenue department, who were part of the high level team constituted by the Vigilance to probe the illegal land holdings and alleged forgery of Documents by the Company, have been transferred.

The transfers of these top officials and others are also alleged to scuttle the 

move againstencroachments. Assistant Commissioner ( Land Assignment) D Sajith 

Babu and Land Board Assistant Secretary Shibu are the officials who have been 

shifted from their office. Sajith Babu has been transferred to Kannur as a 

special officer with regard to national highways and Shibu as an officer with revenue recovery in Kasargode. These two officials have been involved from the beginning in helping the government in fighting the case against HML.

Officials allege that it was concerted move to sabotage the initiatives of 

retrieving the land in the illegal possession of all plantation holders. They 

said that it was just not the HML case but all the issues related to government 

lands, especially the plantations and other large sects of land in the illegal hands, is going to suffer.

Source: The New Indian Express

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