By MM Staff
Kashmiri Pandit migrants, mostly the younger generation, are misusing the online grievance portal launched recently by the Jammu and Kashmir administration by filing fake complaints to lay claim on the land their grandparents have willfully sold to people in Kashmir, reported a local Kashmiri news agency KDC.
According to the report, the online grievance portal launched by the J&K administration is flooded with fake complaints by Kashmiri Pandits, hampering the smooth functioning of the revenue department.
“We have not come across any genuine complaint where an individual has illegally occupied a Kashmiri Pandit land or any other property in Kashmir. In the majority of the complaints, we found the land or house has been sold wilfully, with complete legal documentation,” a revenue department official said.
He, according to the report, said that fake complaints have been registered by Pandits about their land and property which otherwise they have sold legally to the people.
A revenue official from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district said that fake and false complaints have overburdened the revenue and administrative officials on the ground. “Officials get busy in assessing and verifying the credentials of these complaints which later turn out to be fake,” he said.
“Assessing these fake complaints consumes our time and workforce. When we send the staff to assess the complaints, they are found fake as the owners have sold property and land to people hereafter complying will all legal and revenue formalities,” he said.
A public delegation from Aishmuqam Anantnag stated that they purchased a piece of land from a Kashmir Pandit in 1999, but that after 22 years, some Kashmir Pandits filed a false complaint alleging that the sale of the land was illegal.
“The documents of attorney, agreement to sell and sale deed were duly attested by a first-class magistrate in presence of the owner of the land in Jammu in 1999. All codal formalities laid down by the government in Migrant Act, 1999, were completed in the court,” a member said.
Officials said that similar fake complaints are registered on the portal which wastes the time of the officials.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha recently launched an online complaint portal for migrants to register genuine complaints about their land and property for resolution.
Kashmiri pandits were forcefully expelled from Valley 30 years ago by Islamic terrorists. Several hindu women were raped & children tortured. Any muslim organization spoke about their rights in last 3 decades? Instead of supporting them, you are writing such article.. shame on you..
The administration should have anticipated such fake claims before going online and brought about severe penality for dubious claimants or jail term of 6 weeks as a deterrant so as not to be overwhelmed by such cases.