AJK high court cancels 52 land decrees

MIRPUR:

Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJK) High Court has cancelled 52 decrees of land in the Shamlat area issued by Bhimber's senior civil judge.

"Senior Civil Hajj Raja Imtiaz had issued hundreds of kanals of land in the year 2007 in favour of various persons, which were declared illegal and cancelled by the High Court of AJK", an official handout said issued by the Press information Department of the Azad Jammu Kashmir government.

The high court ordered the responsible AJK Revenue Department to cancel the implementation/action taken on all these decrees from the record property.

The court also ordered the Revenue Department to immediately restore the cemetery, playground and public interest area in the unlawfully allotted Shamlat area and also make corrections in the record property.

"The AJK High Court, exercising the powers vested in it under Section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure, also ordered the Mirpur Division Magistrate Court to submit the record of the decrees issued in respect of the annexed lands within two months so that the legal status of the remaining issued decrees in respect of the annexed lands could also be reviewed," said an official handout.