DEHRADUN: In a transfer that has drawn consideration amid the Uttarakhand govt’s consideration of a stringent legislation to safeguard agricultural land from acquisition by ‘outsiders’, the district administration of Nainital has confiscated over half a hectare (27.5 nali) of land belonging to Bhanvi Singh, the estranged spouse of Uttar Pradesh MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also referred to as Raja Bhaiya.
The land, positioned below Kainchi Dham subdivision, was purchased in 2006 for agricultural functions, however no farming exercise has taken place since.
The income division initiated proceedings to grab the property after an inquiry. Regardless of difficult the motion within the commissioner’s court docket and the board of income, Singh’s appeals had been rejected.
Naresh Aswal, a income division official, mentioned Uttarakhand legislation mandates land bought for agriculture should be used for that objective inside two years. “Our surveys indicated no agricultural exercise on the land since 2006, prompting us to provoke the method of vesting the property within the govt,” he mentioned.
In keeping with administrative sources, Singh had fenced the land with barbed wire to forestall encroachment, however after the shortage of farming was famous, she was served a discover. After she misplaced her appeals, the state formally took possession of the land.
Bipin Chandra Pant, Kainchi Dham sub-divisional Justice of the Peace, mentioned the land is now below govt management and the fencing has been eliminated. The property is estimated to be price between 14 crore and 15 crore. Raja Bhaiya, often called UP’s ‘strongman’ lawmaker, is an MLA (Jansatta Dal Loktantrik) from Kunda meeting.
