IQBAL AHAMAD Vs. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CONSOLIDATION DEORIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) -By an order dated 25.2.2005 this Court made the following orders :

(2.) IN compliance of aforesaid order, learned standing counsel put forth an affidavit. IN paragraph 2 of the said affidavit, it has been averred that the land, which is subject-matter of writ petition, situated in Gaon Sabha Dighara Sumali, Tappa Mail, Pargana Salempur Majhwara, Tehsil Salempur, district Deoria has been earmarked and restored to the possession of Gaon Sabha in the presence of Village Pradhan. Learned standing counsel put forth yet another affidavit sworn by Devendra Nath Verma, Additional Land Reform Commissioner, Board of Revenue, U. P., Lucknow alongwith which copies of circulars dated 29.11.2005 and 20.12.2005 have been annexed. The learned standing counsel apprised the Court that by aforesaid circulars a peremptory direction has been issued to all the District Magistrates to provide information to District Headquarters in regard to forest, ponds, pokhars, water channels, wells and water reservoirs etc. IN paragraph 9 of the said affidavit, it has been averred that in all 15,404 illegal encroachments were removed from the land recorded as ponds, pokhars, water channels, water and reserved area etc. and about 10,006 such encroachments are found to be still subsisting on the spot out of which in most of the cases, the matter is sub-judice in judicial proceeding. Lastly, the authorities prayed for six months more time for review of the status of ponds etc.

(3.) THE averments made in the affidavit further are that the Board of Revenue has addressed a letter to Secretary, Revenue seeking directions/guidelines in respect of clarifications made by the order dated 6.3.2006 and further that partial compliance of the order of the Court has been made and for full compliance some more time has been sought.