Dehgam land scam: Disputed lands transferred to government

Updated: Aug 10th, 2024


After the land scam involving the sale of village land in the Dahod’s Juna Pahadiya, the government has swung into action.

Instead of cancelling the sale documents, efforts are underway for the current landowners to donate the land to the government. 

The land documents for Sampa’s Kalipura, Juna Pahadiya, and Ramaji are now being reviewed for a government takeover.

After the cancellation of the sale record for Kalipura’s land, the sale record for Juna Pahadiya was also cancelled, and a decision will be made for Ramaji’s land in the coming days.

Initially, the sale documents were made for open land instead of the land with construction. Once these cases came to light, the revenue department took action, and decisions were made in the Gandhinagar Sub-Divisional Officer’s court.

Amidst these developments, the revenue department and higher officials are involved to ensure that residents do not suffer. Although the sale records were cancelled, the sale documents are still valid until officially cancelled, and current owners still hold ownership. Efforts are now underway to have the land formally transferred to the government.

The process will involve transferring the land to the government via a donation deed (bakshish lekh) through the sub registrar’s office, thus making the land government property. 

Subsequently, the government will provide ownership rights to the current residents.

On the other hand, the district administration or revenue department cannot intervene in the cancellation of sale documents. Even if the sale record is cancelled, the sale documents allow current owners to sell or transfer the land to others. Therefore, affected parties need to approach the civil court to have the sale documents annulled. Currently, the government is working to resolve these issues by transferring the land ownership to the government.

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