An old tribal man of Sundargarh has got justice after 15 long years of his fight for getting his own land.
The old man got back the land on Friday in the presence of Sundargarh Sadar Tehsildar and police officials. He had lost the land to another of his village by fraud in 2001.
Sources said one Gulap Naik, originally a resident of Bedabahal village in Sundargarh, resides at Kudabara village under Sadar police station in Sundargarh. During his absence at Bedabahal village, one Sushil Naik, a resident of Bedabahal village, had grabbed Gulap’s 27 decimal land in three plots. Thereafter, Sushil had also constructed a five room house on the land. Sushil had also managed to make ROR of this piece of land in his own name.
To get back his own land, Gulap had to run from pillar to post at that time and when he had failed to get back his land from Sushil, he had gone to the court of Sundargarh Sub Collector in 2001 for justice.
When the judgment of Sub Collector court had not gone in favour of Gulap, he had appealed in the court of Additional District Magistrate, Sundargarh. After it was found by Sundargarh ADM court that Gulap is the owner of the land, recently the court directed Sundargarh Sadar Tehsildar for giving possession of the land to Gulap.
Accordingly, on Friday, Sundargar Sadar Tehsildar Anjalina Pradhan in the presence of Sadar IIC GR Mohapatra and other police officials, gave possession of the land to Gulap.