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HC grants 3-week time to file status of inquiry on encroachment by minister 9/7/2015 11:53:06 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Sept 7: In a complaint about alleged encroachment of 10 kanals of forest land by transport minister Abdul Ghani Kohli at Nowabad (Sunjwan) near here, which was treated as PIL, a high court division bench of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Janak Raj Kotwal granted three weeks' time to AAG for filing status report. The petitioner submitted that his complaint dated June 16, 2015 which he had filed before Director SVO and SSP VOJ wherein he sought registration of FIR under section 5(2) J&K Prevention of Corruption Act against Kohli and officers/officials of revenue/forest department for grabbing more than 10 kanals of forest land in khasra No 356 min at Nowabad. The petitioner argued that as per directions of Supreme Court in case titled Lalita Kumari v/s state of UP, the Vigilance Organization was under a bounden obligation to register FIR against the high profile minister as his complaint discloses the commission of cognizable offences or in the alternative SVO should have finalized the preliminary enquiry within seven days as prescribed by Apex Court but neither the FIR was registered nor the preliminary enquiry was finalized solely because of the reason that the accusations were directed against the minister. He submitted that the transport minister had allegedly raised huge infrastructure on the forest land in the shape of a B.Ed College, Paramedical Institute, Branch of J&K Bank alongwith an ATM and the SVO seems to be under pressure to proceed against him as the SVO officers are accountable to GAD being the servants of the state. During the course of arguments, the petitioner pressed for the constant monitoring of the ongoing preliminary inquiry by the high court looking into the gravity of the allegations and position enjoyed by the encroacher. (JNF)   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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