Out of a total of 60,426.943 acres of land detected in the name of Shree Jagannath Mahaprabhu Bije, Puri in 24 of 30 districts in the State, Record of Right (RoR) of 25,623.930 acres are yet to be received by the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration.
Law Minister Pratap Jena informed this in the State Assembly in response to a question of BJD MLA Ramesh Chandra Sai. He said RoR of 34,803.013 acres are available with the administration. There are also 77,365 plots in the name of the Shreemandir in the State.
Besides, the Shree Jagannath Mahaprabhu Bije, Puri has a total of 396.252 acres of land in six other States. The highest 322.930 acres are in West Bengal followed by 28.218 acres in Maharashtra, 25.110 acres in Madhya Pradesh, 17.020 acres in Andhra Pradesh, 1.700 acres in Chhatishgarh and 0.254 in Bihar.
The Minister further informed that 864 encroachment cases have filed on a total of 151.465 acres land in seven districts and concerned Tehsildars have been asked to free the encoarched lands as per Sectoin 16-A (1) of the Shree Jagannth Temple Act-1955.
In response to another question, the Minister also informed that a total of Rs 592 crore of the Shreemandir had been deposited in the Yes Bank in view of the bank was an emplaned one giving highest rates of interest. The deposited amounts comprised fixe deposits of Rs 545 crore and flexi deposits of Rs 47 crore.
However, the flexi deposit of Rs 47 crore has been withdrawn from the bank and the fixed deposits of Rs 545 crore would be withdrawn on the maturity dates of March 19 and 30.
The amounts would be deposited in nationalized banks on the same day on a tender basis.
The Minister said the decision has been taken at the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee meeting held on February 5, 2020.