Banjara then received a loan recovery notice from the block development officer that asked him to deposit Rs 12,384. He was shocked out of his wits. Unable to pay, he had to spend 14 days in police custody. The illiterate Banjara thought the jail term meant automatic waiver. He did not receive another recovery notice, so he beliecved the worst was over.
Three years later, some people arrived without warning to take possession of his land. He was told that as he had failed to repay the loan and interest, the government had auctioned his land to one Harbir Singh for a paltry sum of Rs 90,000. This was on July 19, 1994.
A rattled Banjara asked Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) for help. Prompt action was initiated. Some locals chased away the men who had come to grab his land. Since then, the BKU and locals have kept the goons at bay. Banjara clings on to his land but by the proverbial whisker.
Desh Pal Singh, state vice president of BKU, says, “In such cases the government first pastes a notice on the house of the defaulter and announces the auction in the village. It also places a corrigendum in newspapers. But none of this was done. The land was auctioned for Rs 90,000 whereas the market rate at that time was Rs 15 lakh. The present value of the land is Rs 50 lakh.”
Banjara has tried his best to get the anomalies corrected. In the last 10 years, he has protested umpteen times in front of several ADMs and DMs. On January 4, 2009, the then Commissioner RP Shukla ordered the city magistrate Amarnath Upadhyay to investigate the matter. The city magistrate found that block level officers had flouted norms while auctioning the land. The copy of the investigation report is with TSI.
The report states, "The circle rate of the land was Rs 1, 60,080 and it was sold to repay an outstanding amount of Rs 12,384.50. The decision to sell of such a huge piece of land to repay such a paltry sum creates suspicion. The amount could have been recovered by just selling off the crop that was standing on the land... it was also found out that the land was auctioned just on paper.”
The Commissioner asked the farmer to repay the outstanding loan within one month and reclaim the land. “The land should have been returned without any fine. Instead, the government asked Banjara to pay Rs 60,000 though his loan had been waived,” says Rakesh Tikait, spokesperson of BKU.
Three years later, some people arrived without warning to take possession of his land. He was told that as he had failed to repay the loan and interest, the government had auctioned his land to one Harbir Singh for a paltry sum of Rs 90,000. This was on July 19, 1994.
A rattled Banjara asked Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) for help. Prompt action was initiated. Some locals chased away the men who had come to grab his land. Since then, the BKU and locals have kept the goons at bay. Banjara clings on to his land but by the proverbial whisker.
Desh Pal Singh, state vice president of BKU, says, “In such cases the government first pastes a notice on the house of the defaulter and announces the auction in the village. It also places a corrigendum in newspapers. But none of this was done. The land was auctioned for Rs 90,000 whereas the market rate at that time was Rs 15 lakh. The present value of the land is Rs 50 lakh.”
Banjara has tried his best to get the anomalies corrected. In the last 10 years, he has protested umpteen times in front of several ADMs and DMs. On January 4, 2009, the then Commissioner RP Shukla ordered the city magistrate Amarnath Upadhyay to investigate the matter. The city magistrate found that block level officers had flouted norms while auctioning the land. The copy of the investigation report is with TSI.
The report states, "The circle rate of the land was Rs 1, 60,080 and it was sold to repay an outstanding amount of Rs 12,384.50. The decision to sell of such a huge piece of land to repay such a paltry sum creates suspicion. The amount could have been recovered by just selling off the crop that was standing on the land... it was also found out that the land was auctioned just on paper.”
The Commissioner asked the farmer to repay the outstanding loan within one month and reclaim the land. “The land should have been returned without any fine. Instead, the government asked Banjara to pay Rs 60,000 though his loan had been waived,” says Rakesh Tikait, spokesperson of BKU.
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