In an ongoing probe against illegal transfer of Government land to the locals, another about 8,000 acres of GM land has been found as settled in Bokaro district. The matter came into light during the probe suggest that some of the beneficiaries also have been Government officials and their relatives, sources in the district administration said.
About 2,000 acres of land has been found under suspicious settlement under Chas block. Notices have been issued to 900 such land holders asking them to submit a written reply by the end of August, said Vandna Sewjlker, Circle Officer, Chas.
“Presently notices have been served on the land owners of Chas township and village areas in Tetulia, Satanpur, Mirdha, Sizua, Telidih areas while others would be served notices soon”, she said.
Meanwhile, on the directive of Bokaro DC Rai Mahimapat Ray, anti-encroachment drive would be conducted on August 4 over the 1,500 acres of forest land at Bandhdih. Dozens of illegal constructions and more than 60 boundary walls have been erected there, official sources informed.
In the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe (on land scam) at least 48,000 cases of illegal transfer of more than 86,000 acres of Government lands to the locals with succession-mutation documents have been found across the Bokaro district, said Jugnu Minz, Additional Collector (AC) Bokaro. "These pieces of lands actually belong to the Government, though we are re-verifying that. About 4500 land owners have been served eviction order and notice across the district while few of them have been asked to submit a written reply in this connection,” he added.
Since the year 2,000 many plots of land were illegally transferred in Bokaro based on fake documents and then the circle officers had also done mutation of forest and Government land, which were later sold at higher rates to the residents and several industrial houses to set up their plants, said an official on condition of anonymity.