Manjit Singh demands proprietary rights to Refugees, allottees of Custodian Land

Apni Party Provincial President, Jammu and former Minister, Manjit Singh today demanded proprietary rights for the Displaced Persons, and local allottees in Jammu, Samba and Kathua Districts.
As per the press release, Manjit Singh chaired a meeting of the Displaced Persons (DPs) at Vijaypur and discussed the issues of the pending package and proprietary rights to them.
During the threadbare discussion, people informed about the delayed process of distribution of packages amounting Rs 25 lakhs to each family of DPs / Refugees that was sanctioned by the then Govt of India. However, only Rs 5. 5 lakhs were released in their favour whereas the rest of the package amount was not released.
Manjit Singh referred to the property right to the DPs/Refugees and local allottees on Custodian Land in Jammu Division. He said that these families of DPs/Refugees and local allottees have been living in the Custodian Land/Property for decades and constructed their houses, yet the Govt has not given them property rights.
These local allottees as well as the DPs/Refugees should be given property rights on the Custodian Land so that a sense of security can be provided to these hundreds of families, he said.
Referring to the political reservation, he said that the Govt should enhance their Assembly seats up to eight seats for the DPs in Legislative Assembly.
“The DPs/Refugees have remained ignored for decades politically. Although the Govt has reserved one Assembly seat for them, the representation is insufficient in comparison to their population and the vast area of their dominance across the Jammu region,” he said.
He said that in the wake of aspiration, the Govt should enhance the reservation for DPs/Refugees up to eight seats in the Legislative Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.