Morena Administration Restores Widow’s 18-Bigha Land, Fines Four Accused

In Morena district’s Useथ village in Ambah tehsil, the administration has removed illegal encroachment from more than 18 bighas of land belonging to a widow and restored possession to her. The market value of the land freed from encroachment has been reported to be more than 2 crore rupees.

The action was carried out by a joint team of the police and the revenue department in compliance with an order issued after a hearing in the revenue court. The administration has also imposed a fine of one lakh rupees each on four people accused of illegally occupying the land.

The action was conducted on the instructions of Collector Lokesh Kumar Jangid and under the guidance of Ambah SDM Pratigya Sharma. It was led by Tehsildar Naresh Sharma.

The land in Useथ village, measuring more than 18 bighas, belonged to Shiva, wife of late Ranveer Singh Tomar. According to the administration, the land had been under illegal occupation. After a formal hearing in the tehsil court, an order was issued for removing the encroachment and restoring possession of the land.

In compliance with the court order, Tehsildar Naresh Sharma reached the spot along with revenue officials and police personnel. The team got the illegal occupation removed from the land and carried out boundary demarcation through embankment work. After this, possession of the land was handed back to the widow.

The administration’s action enabled the woman to regain possession and rights over her land. The case was handled through the revenue court process, followed by enforcement at the spot by the joint revenue and police team.

According to the Tehsildar, the land had allegedly been occupied by Kishan Singh, son of Prahlad Singh; Ramkumar Singh, son of Pancham Singh; Omveer Singh, son of Harishchandra Singh; and Ramkumar alias Video, son of Puran Singh.

The administration has imposed a fine of one lakh rupees each on all four people. The penalty was imposed in connection with the illegal occupation of the land.

Revenue Inspector Rajkumar Sharma and Patwari Pushpendra Sharma were present during the action. Shivmohan Singh Tomar, Rajesh Tomar, Mahavir Karoria, Satish Sharma, Bhola Sharma, Praveen Jadon, Gopal Sanar, Puran Sakhawar, Ramkishan and Girraj Pachauri were also among those present.

Apart from the revenue staff, around 20 Kotwars and the police administration team participated in the action. The presence of the revenue and police personnel ensured the implementation of the order at the site and the restoration of possession to the woman.

Tehsildar Naresh Sharma said that the campaign to remove illegal encroachments in the Ambah tehsil area and free government land from encroachment would continue in the future as well.