SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 08: Following the directions of higher authorities the Evacuee Property Department continues its efforts for safe-guarding the evacuee property throughout Kashmir Division.

In this regard Sub Divisional Magistrate Uri, Jatin Kishore and Custodian Evacuee Property Department Kashmir Tariq Hussain Naik convened a joint meeting of revenue and Custodian officers & officials at SDM office Uri on Tuesday for identification and retrieval of evacuee property.

The officers impressed upon all field functionaries to take all measures in their jurisdiction for identification and retrieval of EP land under illegal occupation.

The field functionaries were also asked to work in tandem and synergy to remove all such illegal encroachments. The exercise is in continuity as the department has already reconciled EP figures with revenue records and noticed that EP land is under illegal occupation .

They were emphasized to strategize their plan regularly and get all encroachments removed and mark the illegal constructions from EP lands so that same shall be dealt under the relevant provisions of EP Act.

All such lands which can be gainfully utilized for the departments which other-wise needs to prepare site plan and signage’s to be installed on such EP with clear mandate that no such illegal occupation happening in future.

The Dy. Custodian Baramulla and Tehsildar, Asstt. Custodians Uri & Boniyar were directed to initiate the process of issuing notices to the illegal occupants for surrendering the EP lands to the representative of department in time bound manner.

The general Public has been appealed to refrain from taking un-due advantage of any evacuee property and also restrain from converting the land for purposes other than the allotments made by the department in past.