The disbursement of a cumulative remuneration of Rs152.279 million to 506 owners has been started as the price of their 300 kanal lands acquired by the District Collector of Sheikhupura.
A spokesman for the Punjab Ombudsman’s office said this in the provincial capital on Sunday.
The land was acquired for the construction of Lahore-Karachi Motorway Interchange at the Mauza Faizpur Khurd, Dhudian and Sagian Par Kalan, and the landowners had been awaiting the compensation for their portions of land since 2016.
Mian Riazuddin and Mansoor Ali of Lahore in their applications submitted to the ombudsman’s office had stated that payments for their land acquired by the District Collector of Sheikhupura had not been made.
They not only sought the rightful payments based on the deputy commissioner's rate but had also demanded additional compensation for the utilisation of their acquired land since 2016.
During the proceedings, it came out that in addition to the issue of double registration of Khasra numbers, there were some delays in the land acquisition process. Consequently, the ombudsman’s office promptly informed the Board of Revenue (BOR) that, prima facie, there was a lack of oversight in monitoring the performance of land acquisition collectors, after their attachments with provincial government departments.
As a result, substantial funds deposited in the land acquisition collectors' accounts by the government remained unused, causing delays in compensating the affected individuals.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 1st, 2023.
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