DC ORDERS REGISTRATION OF FIRs AGAINST 99 COLONIZERS UNDER PAPRA ACT
– SHARES COMPILED LIST OF THE LETTERS JDA SENT TO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR LODGING FIRs AGAINST ILLEGAL COLONIES IN PAST TWO YEARS
– SEEKS STATUS REPORT FROM COMMISSIONERATE AND RURAL POLICE BESIDES DIRECTIONS OF REGISTRING CASES
JALANDHAR, 29 MAY 2022 : Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori today asked the police department to register FIRs against as many as 99 colonizers under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act (PAPRA) for developing illegal colonies in the district in the last two years. Of these, 12 colonies fall within the jurisdiction of commissionerate police while remaining 87 in areas under SSP Rural.
The Deputy Commissioner who is also holding the additional charge of Chief Administrator of Jalandhar Development Authority (JDA) has sent a compiled list of unauthorized colonies that camp up during the last two years along with letters sent by the JDA to lodge FIRs against the owners of these colonies.
The JDA had written to both Commissionerate and Rural Police about the mushrooming of illegal colonies falling within its jurisdiction; now both the authorities were asked to inform as to what action have taken on the reported illegal colonies, said the deputy commissioner.
The DC said that the commissionerate and Rural Police have been directed to ensure registration of FIRs against the colonizers mentioned in the comprehensive list, if not lodged so far and intimate the district administration of the action taken by the police.
He further mentioned that the applications of the colonies mentioned in the list were dismissed by the JDA on account of not depositing requisite fee and documentation under the regularization policy, following which the police department was time to time asked to take legal action as per the provisions of PAPRA Act.
Mr. Thori reiterated that administration would leave no stone unturned to rein in the practice of unauthorized colonization in the district as a drive against such activities has already been launched by the authorities concerned with an illegal colony that was recently razed down in village Dhadda.
He said that these colonies not only caused huge loss to the state exchequer but also inflicted fraud on the people as residents of these colonies suffer problems due to the lack of basic infrastructure like electricity, road, drinking water, sewerage system besides others. He said that concerned colonisers can contact Estate Officer Chander Sekhier on his mobile number 8196040008 for any query with respect to regularization of their colonies.
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