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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | President's kin usurped land, says court by Vaibhav Ganjapure & Vaidehi More

President's kin usurped land, says court by Vaibhav Ganjapure & Vaidehi More

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published Published on Feb 11, 2010   modified Modified on Feb 11, 2010

A local court in Maharashtra has upheld a farmer's plea that India's first family had fraudulently usurped a little more than one hectare of his farmland. Surprisingly, the order was made last December 7 but never made public since the order wasn't given to either party until Tuesday.

In the order, the court of Daryapur subdivisional officer Ashok Amankar directed striking off the names of President Pratibha Patil Shekhawat's family from the records and upheld Kishor Bansod's claim that the transfer of ownership was done using fraudulent means.

The SDO, while partly allowing an appeal filed by the aggrieved farmer, cancelled a mutation entry of October 5, 2007, which named, apart from the president's husband Devisingh Shekhawat, family members Siddheshwar, Raghusingh, Bhawarsingh, Kishorsingh and Omsingh Shekhawat.

Devisingh told TOI on Wednesday the allegation was baseless and nothing but a publicity gimmick by the appellant. "The total land of 1.02 hectare was jointly held by Bansod and Siddheshwar Shekhawat and five others," he said.

Devisingh clarified that the court has only partially allowed the appeal while directing revenue officials to measure the land afresh and restore ownership to the original joint owners. Devisingh claimed that Bansod had been illegally cultivating on their piece of land and since he was also working as part-time journalist, was seeking undue publicity. "It might be an error committed by the officials who measured it. I have only one acre of land in my name which I would have donated to any of my family members," he said.

Congress party also rushed to his defence, saying it would be premature to judge him guilty. "It would be wrong to jump to conclusions on the basis of one-sided facts," said party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi.

The SDO also directed superintendent of town planning in Daryapur in Amravati district to measure the disputed tract and asked the Shekhawat family to bear the cost of the exercise.

According to the appellant's counsel Sunil Gajbhiye, Shekhwat family's land was adjacent Bansod's land measuring 1.02 hectares in Chandrapur Khallar village and Shekhawat's wanted Bansod to sell it to them.

Later, revenue officials got the ownership entry in the name of Shekawat family members and it was made official on October 5, 2007 without informing the appellant, Bansod alleged.

Bansod filed an application under Section 247 of Maharashtra Land Ownership Act 1966 before Daryapur SDO's court, demanding immediate stay on the alleged illegal transfer of his land by the Shekhawat family. He contended that after his refusal to sell his land, Shekhawat family members connived with local officials and transferred his land in their names on the key documents.

Only a small bit was left with Bansod as per records.


The Times of India, 11 February, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Presidents-kin-usurped-land-says-court/articleshow/5558105.cms
 

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