The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to take back the building and land of Murtaza Higher Secondary School, given on lease by the Secondary Education department to Maulana Mohammad Jauhar Trust in Rampur.

The government gave its approval to this proposal during a cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at Lok Bhawan in Lucknow on Tuesday.

The state administration decided to reclaimed the land for violation of conditions of the lease agreement. The land had been leased out to the Trust for a period of 30 years.

Finance Minister Suresh Khanna said that the land was given on lease to Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust in Rampur for 30 years at the rate of only Rs 100 per year. The government has now decided to reclaim the land, he added.

In connection with the violation of terms of the lease deed related to the land given to the Trust, the Rampur district magistrate formed a four-member inquiry committee. After reviewing the report sent by the committee following an investigation, the government decided to reclaim the land and building.

The ownership of this 41,181 sq ft land will be transferred back to the Secondary Education department by the state government.

During the erstwhile SP regime in 2007, the office of the district inspector of schools and basic education officer in Rampur, situated within Murtaza Higher Secondary School, was leased to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust for a duration of 30 years.

Notably, rather than following the prescribed procedure of leasing it at an annual premium rate of Rs 100, as stipulated by the Government Grant Act, the then government decided to lease it out to the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust Rampur for the same 30-year period, but at an annual rent of Rs 100.