It was later found that the land allotted to non-public events was notified as forest land. (doc)
New Delhi:
The Supreme Courtroom on Wednesday put aside the decision of the Maharashtra authorities for not submitting a response on the difficulty of building of buildings on forest land and provision of compensation to affected non-public events.
The court docket additionally mentioned that the Maharashtra authorities had funds for distributing freebies beneath the ‘Ladli Behna’ and ‘Ladka Bhau’ schemes however no funds to pay for the lack of land.
A bench of Justices BR Gavai, KV Viswanathan and Sandeep Mehta gave the state authorities time until August 13 to file its response, saying the chief secretary would seem earlier than the court docket if the order was not adopted.
A personal social gathering has efficiently obtained possession of land “illegally occupied” by the state authorities within the Supreme Courtroom, the place a case associated to building of buildings on forest land in Maharashtra is pending.
The state authorities claimed that the land was occupied by the Arms Analysis and Growth Institute (ARDEI), a unit of the protection ministry on the Centre.
One other plot of land was subsequently allotted to a non-public social gathering to exchange the land owned by ARDEI, the federal government mentioned.
But it surely later emerged that the land allotted to non-public people was declared as forest land.
“As per our order dated July 23, now we have directed you (the state authorities) to make clear your stand on land possession in an affidavit. If you don’t file your reply, we are going to ask your chief secretary to look subsequent time.” …You There have been funds for distribution of freebies beneath ‘Ladli Behna’ and ‘Ladka Bhau’ however no funds have been accessible to fulfill the price of lack of land,” the bench mentioned.
Below the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana introduced by the state authorities earlier this yr, Rs 1,500 can be transferred into the financial institution accounts of eligible ladies aged between 21 and 65 years with a family earnings of lower than Rs 2.5 lakh.
Likewise, beneath the ‘Ladka Bhau Yojana’ introduced by the state authorities, the primary goal of the scheme is to supply monetary help and sensible work expertise to the youth.
The bench warned the state authorities’s barristers to not take the court docket’s ruling without any consideration and the state authorities shouldn’t settle for each order of the court docket at will.
The bench requested the state authorities to make clear its stand on points raised within the closing order relating to compensation for lack of non-public land.
Within the July 23 order, the bench famous that non-public events who’ve approached the court docket can’t be disadvantaged of the advantages of the decree handed of their favour.
“Firstly, the state authorities’s act of encroaching on residents’ land is itself unlawful. Secondly, the state authorities ought to take acceptable precautions earlier than allocating a chunk of land.
“Land notified as forest land can’t be allotted. The state ought to allot a chunk of land with clear title and land with market worth,” it mentioned.
The bench famous that the matter has been pending for almost 15 years and the state authorities has but to give you a concrete proposal.
The bench requested the state authorities to file replies and make clear its stand on three points, particularly whether or not one other equal piece of land can be supplied to the petitioner (a non-public social gathering), whether or not sufficient compensation can be paid to the petitioner) and whether or not the state authorities proposes to maneuver the central authorities to switch the above The land is designated as forest land.
It requested the state authorities to submit its reply inside two weeks and mentioned: “We make clear that if we discover that the state authorities doesn’t have a transparent stand, we can be compelled to direct the state chief secretary to look personally within the state”.
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