The Kaviyoor grama panchayat has initiated legal proceedings under The Kerala Panchayat Raj (Removal of Encroachment and Imposition and Recovery of Penalty for Unauthorised Occupation) Rules, 1996, for eviction of unauthorised occupation of the river puramboke land, Anzil Zachariah, panchayat standing counsel has said.
He said Rule 5(2) of the Act clearly stated that “The panchayat shall examine the objections, if any, received to the notice mentioned under sub rule (1). If it appears to the panchayat that the objection is not satisfactory or the matters stated are unsustainable in law, a second notice shall be served to the occupant and he shall be required therein to vacate the unauthorised occupied land within one week after the receipt of the notice.”
As per the supplement area register at the office of District Survey Superintendent, Pathanamthitta, there are seven to 19 new sub-divisions created in re-survey number 666/5. On a perusal of village/revenue records, 15 new thandaperus have been found created under re-survey 666/5, leading to a loss of 1.0344 ha. of government land. The letter issued by the Deputy Director Survey to the Survey Director on May 8 (No. S.S2-903/14) has mentioned the illegal assignment of revenue land to private parties during survey adalats, he said.
