The State Government has issued notice to 25 engineering and management institutes for encroaching upon Government land, according to official sources. The Employment and Technical Education and Training (ET&T) Department has asked the institutes to give their replies within 15 days of submission of the notices issued on Saturday.
The notice said, “The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has reported that you have not converted the agricultural land for nonagricultural purpose in violation to the Odisha land Reforms Act and have encroached the Government land.”
“By encroaching the Government land, you have not only violated the revenue laws of the State but also obtained approval of AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) by misrepresenting the facts and submitting false affidavits before the council as regards status of land of your institutions,” the notice added.
The institutes include Rajdhani Engineering and Technology, Mahavir Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gandhi Institute for Technology and Asian School of Business Management.