భూ ఆక్రమణదారులకు కఠిన శిక్షలు పడతాయి : ఆర్పీ సి

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Revenue Department Special Chief Secretary RP Sisodia Interview : ఏపీ ల్యాండ్ గ్రాబింగ్ ప్రొహిబిషన్ యాక్ట్ (AP Land Grabbing Prohibition Act) ద్వారా భూ ఆక్రమణదారులను గుర్తించి కఠిన చర్యలు తీసుకుంటామని రెవెన్యూ శాఖ ప్రత్యేక ప్రధాన కార్యదర్శి ఆర్పీ సిసోదియా తెలిపారు. పట్టణ, గ్రామీణ ప్రాంతాల్లో భూ ఆక్రమణలపై ఈ చట్టం ద్వారా చర్యలు తీసుకునే అవకాశం ఉందని స్పష్టం చేశారు.

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00:00The Andhra Pradesh Government has introduced the Land Grabbing Prohibition Bill 2024.

00:06To talk about this, RPC Sodia, the Chief Executive Officer of the Revenue Sector, is here with us.

00:10Sir, what is this bill and what is the purpose of this bill?

00:14There are a lot of complaints about land grabbing.

00:17We are getting information that the number of land grabbing cases has increased.

00:23In 1982, in Andhra Pradesh, in United Andhra Pradesh, there was something called the Land Grabbing Prohibition Act.

00:29Due to the mild provisions in the Act, the Act did not work effectively.

00:37So now, a stringent Act has to be introduced.

00:40If there are more punishments and penalties, at least the land grabbing people will be punished.

00:48Similarly, the people who are going to land grab, whoever has that intention,

00:53at least they will step back out of fear.

00:56This bill was introduced with the intention that such efforts will not be made.

01:00If there are no major punishments, what measures will be taken?

01:03First, the definition of land grabbing is very comprehensive.

01:07Land grabbing can be done directly or indirectly.

01:11It can be done out of fear or out of intimidation.

01:14So, there is a very wide definition.

01:17All kinds of property grabbing attempts are in the definition.

01:23Penalties and punishments are very stringent.

01:26From 10 years to 14 years, jail punishment.

01:30Land grabbing is allowed.

01:32In the same way, from the land grabbing people,

01:35the market value of the land grabbing property can be set as a penalty.

01:41We are investigating special courts.

01:45In the old act, there were special courts and tribunals.

01:48We proposed to put special courts in this.

01:52In the same way, a public prosecutor,

01:55depending on the need, one, two, three, as many public prosecutors as required,

02:02in the same way, the burden of proof will be on the land grabber.

02:08He has to prove that he did not grab.

02:12In the old act, the government is the prosecutor always.

02:16The government has to prove that he grabbed.

02:19Now, after the case is over, he has to prove that

02:22this is not his legitimate property, this is not his legitimate right.

02:26In the same way, he has to move forward.

02:28How do you identify a land grabber?

02:30Actually, there are two periods in a dispute.

02:33How do you identify a land grabber?

02:35How does he have to prove it?

02:37Directly, you cannot file an information report.

02:40There can be a private dispute.

02:43Or, there can be a family dispute.

02:46Suppose, someone grabs my land and leaves.

02:50There can be property disputes.

02:52We are not talking about property disputes here.

02:54Here, we are talking about a person grabbing another person's property without any rights.

03:03So, it comes in the definition.

03:05In the same way, if it is proved during litigation and prosecution, then it is punished.

03:11In the case of this land grabber, some people may have made mistakes.

03:16There may have been documents made to arrest him.

03:20What does the bill say about that?

03:23What is the content of the bill?

03:25The person who facilitated the land grabbing will also be punished.

03:31In the same way, if there are officials involved in this, they will be disciplined.

03:38The government land will also be attacked.

03:41That is why I said that the definition of land grabbing is wide.

03:46It can be government land or private land.

03:49If it is private land, then the land given to the poor, the land given to the SCSTs or the land given to the D-Patta,

03:56if someone is forced to take it or if it is confiscated,

04:00if the land is taken, then the act will be imposed on them.

04:05What do the Benamis do?

04:12The Benamis are equally culpable.

04:16We are calling them Benamis.

04:19But if a person is forced to take a property,

04:25and if the property is in the name of that person,

04:28it is assumed that he is the land grabber.

04:30The people who are behind it,

04:32because there is a fear,

04:35so the Benamis are also coming forward.

04:39Once the law comes into effect, the Benamis will also step back.

04:43They will also be careful.

04:46For example, if it is a land grabbing case,

04:51I have two houses and 10 acres of land.

04:54I have to prove that I have earned 10 acres of land with my own earnings.

05:01If I cannot prove it, it will be an assumption.

05:04It is also in the law that these properties came due to land grab.

05:11If the Land Grabbing Prohibition Act comes into effect in 2024,

05:15will the land be confiscated?

05:18Or will the land be confiscated?

05:21As on the date of coming into force of the act,

05:27anyone who is in possession of a grabbed property,

05:32can file a case against him.

05:34So, the land grabbing happened 10 years ago.

05:38But even today, if a land grabber is in possession of a property,

05:42a case can be filed against him.

05:44You operated in Kshetra Sthayam after the Revenues Act,

05:48and took benefits from there.

05:50How many benefits did you get?

05:52Did you get this amount based on those benefits?

05:55If you go to one place, you will get a few complaints.

05:58Up to 300 complaints were received in Madanpalli.

06:01Up to 200 complaints were received in Vaisakapatnam.

06:04In some cases, there are such cases.

06:07But, I did not do this as an officer.

06:11The Honorable Chief Minister,

06:14said this during the White Paper release,

06:20that the value of the property will increase day by day.

06:25In the past, the value of 5 acres of land was very low.

06:31Today, the value of land, airports, ports, and highways

06:38are increasing day by day.

06:40The value of the property is also increasing.

06:43Attempts on grabbing are also increasing.

06:46We need to deter all these.

06:49In 2020, the Gujarat Act was introduced.

06:54We came to know that it is very effective.

06:58So, we studied the Gujarat Act.

07:02We also discussed the benefits of the Gujarat Act.

07:07After the introduction of the Act,

07:09did the old 1982 Act get repealed?

07:12It did not get repealed.

07:14There is a specific section in the Act.

07:16The Act 1982 is repealed hereby.

07:20Once the Legislative Assembly approves it,

07:24that bill gets repealed.

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