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Drive for partition of joint land accounts
Amritsar, July 7
To check the growing number of land disputes in the rural areas owing to a hike in the prices of land and non-partition of joint land revenue accounts since 1960, the Amritsar district administration has initiated a drive to ensure partition of landed properties --- khangi takseem --- in association with the Revenue Department.
It was for the first time since the large-scale consolidation of land in the sixties that a mammoth exercise to ensure the partition of joint land accounts (mushtarka khata) was being carried out in any district of Punjab, sources pointed out.
The exercise assumes importance from the social angle also as the non-partition of land accounts was leading to a rise in land disputes and legal tangles over ownership rights owing to the prevailing ambiguity among landowners in Punjab.
Deputy Commissioner KS Pannu said he had involved the Revenue Department as well as the village nambardars to encourage the people to go for the partition of joint property accounts.
The present system of partition of joint family properties, only in case of disputes, was not only cumbersome, but was also leading to long legal battles, burdening the legal system in the state, sources said.
Pannu claimed he had embarked upon a plan by involving the village nambardars, panchayats and revenue officials not only to effect the family partition of properties, but also to create an awareness campaign for encouraging the landowners to come forward for 'khangi takseem'. “As a result of the campaign, about 2,000 joint property accounts have been partitioned during the past 15 days only,” he said.
Amritsar, July 7
To check the growing number of land disputes in the rural areas owing to a hike in the prices of land and non-partition of joint land revenue accounts since 1960, the Amritsar district administration has initiated a drive to ensure partition of landed properties --- khangi takseem --- in association with the Revenue Department.
It was for the first time since the large-scale consolidation of land in the sixties that a mammoth exercise to ensure the partition of joint land accounts (mushtarka khata) was being carried out in any district of Punjab, sources pointed out.
The exercise assumes importance from the social angle also as the non-partition of land accounts was leading to a rise in land disputes and legal tangles over ownership rights owing to the prevailing ambiguity among landowners in Punjab.
Deputy Commissioner KS Pannu said he had involved the Revenue Department as well as the village nambardars to encourage the people to go for the partition of joint property accounts.
The present system of partition of joint family properties, only in case of disputes, was not only cumbersome, but was also leading to long legal battles, burdening the legal system in the state, sources said.
Pannu claimed he had embarked upon a plan by involving the village nambardars, panchayats and revenue officials not only to effect the family partition of properties, but also to create an awareness campaign for encouraging the landowners to come forward for 'khangi takseem'. “As a result of the campaign, about 2,000 joint property accounts have been partitioned during the past 15 days only,” he said.
