{"id":12694,"date":"2026-02-19T18:33:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=12694"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:33:48","slug":"from-delhi-to-haryana-jk-struggles-to-reclaim-vast-land-holdings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/from-delhi-to-haryana-jk-struggles-to-reclaim-vast-land-holdings\/","title":{"rendered":"From Delhi to Haryana: J&K struggles to reclaim vast land holdings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister says efforts on to retrieve prized assets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Srinagar, Feb 19: The Jammu & Kashmir Government has revealed that its prized properties in New Delhi, Amritsar, and Chandigarh are not in its hands-but under occupation. The revelation has raised questions over how assets of such huge financial value slipped out of the state\u2019s control.<\/p>\n

In a written reply to cut motion of Peoples Conference MLA Sajad Gani Lone, Minister in-charge Hospitality & Protocol Department said that 96 kanals of J&K are currently occupied by the Military Engineering Service under administrative control of Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Jammu and Kashmir Government owns a property known as \u201cKashmir House\u201d spanning 114 Kanals and 11.2 Marlas at Rajaji Marg. Of this, 96 Kanals are currently occupied by the Military Engineering Wing under the Ministry of Defence (Engineer\u2011in\u2011chief) and have persistently been taken up with Estates department as well as Ministry of Defence,\u201d the Minister\u2019s reply states, as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO).<\/p>\n

The Minister said that one Kanal and 11. 2 Marlas of land were successfully retrieved on June 5, 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cOut of the remaining land, 01 Kanal and 11. 2 Marlas was under the unauthorized occupation and successfully retrieved on 05.06.2023. Resultantly, 18 Kanals of land is under possession of the Jammu & Kashmir Government at present and has staff quarters over it,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n

The Minister also disclosed that eight Kanals and five Marlas of land are under illegal occupation at Damai Ganj, Amritsar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government owns land measuring approximately 32 Kanals and 9 Marlas at Daimganj, Tapai Road, Amritsar, which has been subject to unauthorized occupation. Through sustained legal action and orders passed by the Hon\u2019ble District Court, Amritsar, the Government has successfully retrieved approximately 14 Kanals and 11 Marlas from Raminder Singh Buloria and 9 Kanals and 13 Marlas from Balbir Sharma, thereby recovering substantial portions of the land,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n

The Minister said the remaining land measuring two Kanals and 15 Marlas under occupation of Kuldip and approximately five Kanals and 10 Marlas under occupation of Raminder Pal Singh.<\/p>\n

These two cases are presently under litigation before competent civil courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cExecution proceedings are ongoing, and the remaining land measuring approximately 8 Kanals and 5 Marlas is expected to be retrieved upon final adjudication, with assistance from the Revenue Department and local authorities,\u201d the Minister\u2019s reply reads.<\/p>\n

The Minister said the J&K Government has initiated legal proceedings to recover 1251 Kanals of land leased out in 1960 at Haryana.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Government of Jammu & Kashmir owns land measuring approximately 1251 Kanals and 4 Marlas at Mangla area, District Sirsa, Haryana, which was leased out in the late 1960s to Bajwa Brothers. Due to violation of lease conditions, particularly non-payment of lease rent, the Government initiated legal proceedings before the Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court to enforce its ownership rights and secure recovery of possession. The matter is at the final argument stage,\u201d reads the reply. (KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minister says efforts on to retrieve prized assets Srinagar, Feb 19: The Jammu & Kashmir Government has revealed that its prized properties in New Delhi, Amritsar, and Chandigarh are not in its hands-but under occupation. The revelation has raised questions over how assets of such huge financial value slipped out of the state\u2019s control. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news","category-kt-front"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12696,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12694\/revisions\/12696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}