The
government has flouted land reform rules in providing surplus land to a Society
in Malappuram for setting up a college at Rs 1,000 per acre per annum lease
even when the value of land in the region stands at Rs four to six lakh per
cent. Though the government has said that the surplus land has been provided in
the name of public purpose, it is alleged to be against the existing land
reform rules.
The government in its order (G.O (M.S)No.342/2014/RD) dated August 8, 2014, says that an extent of 5 acres of land from the 7.45 acres of surplus land in Survey No.3/1 of Block No 78 in Wandoor Village has been given on lease of Rs 1,000 per acre per annum for 30 years to Indhiraji Memorial Society.
The government is said to have neglected the recommendations of the State Land Board, which had pointed out that surplus lands should not be given to private societies even if public interest was involved in it as it would go against the spirit of KLR Act. As per the Act, if surplus land has to be used for public purpose, it should be in conformity with the main objective of the Act, which is agrarian reforms. Priority should be for providing surplus land to landless agriculture labourers, which has been flouted here.
It has been alleged that when the value of land stood at about Rs 5 lakh per cent, the society has been granted land almost free of cost. It was also alleged that once the land is given on lease, the society will become the owners of the land in course of time, which was evident in most of the leased land cases.
The government in its order (G.O (M.S)No.342/2014/RD) dated August 8, 2014, says that an extent of 5 acres of land from the 7.45 acres of surplus land in Survey No.3/1 of Block No 78 in Wandoor Village has been given on lease of Rs 1,000 per acre per annum for 30 years to Indhiraji Memorial Society.
The government is said to have neglected the recommendations of the State Land Board, which had pointed out that surplus lands should not be given to private societies even if public interest was involved in it as it would go against the spirit of KLR Act. As per the Act, if surplus land has to be used for public purpose, it should be in conformity with the main objective of the Act, which is agrarian reforms. Priority should be for providing surplus land to landless agriculture labourers, which has been flouted here.
It has been alleged that when the value of land stood at about Rs 5 lakh per cent, the society has been granted land almost free of cost. It was also alleged that once the land is given on lease, the society will become the owners of the land in course of time, which was evident in most of the leased land cases.
Source: The New Indian Express
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