A disputed land in Dumas-Vata has been a hot topic of discourse for a few days. In a recent development, the complainant who accused the partners of Samruddhi Corporation and the officers-employees of the City Survey Superintendent Office in a scam is now under suspicion.

The suspicions stem from Ramolia buying the land 2016, years after the selling process of some of the plots had already begun, and construction was ongoing at the site. Even when the title of the land was not clear, Ramolia had bought it.

These reasons raise questions on what motivated Ramolia to obtain a disputed land. It also remains unclear how the property cards were prepared in 2020 based on the letter from 2005.

A letter for non-agricultural (NA) conversion was issued in 2005. Even though the entire process was officially recorded based on this letter, the complainant claimed that fraudsters misused this letter by falsely presenting it in the name of the district collector, district panchayat, and SUDA (Surat Urban Development Authority) to create fake property cards. Furthermore, this letter was not in the name of any farmer but in the name of a third party.

In short, the text alleges that a 2005 NA conversion letter was fraudulently used to create fake property documents, implicating officials and involving a third party.

In a press conference, Ramoliya said that in 2021 he filed complaints with the chief minister, collector, and police, and an investigation was started. 

However, as he did not get justice, we complained at the chief minister's welcome programme, after which a high-level investigation was started.

Along with this investigation, in 2024, an application was also made to the CID Crime. 

When the  letter in question was investigated by the revenue department, it stated to belong to a district collectorate.

The same letter speaks in the name of the district panchayat and also in the name of SUDA (Surat Urban Development Authority). 

That raises questions on how can identical letters exist for three different offices? The letter was not in the name of any farmer but in the name of a third person. 

Even more shockingly, this letter was for the completion of the NA land conversion. Since this could not be done, based on this letter, the proceedings were closed in the records in the year 2010.

Even so, by claiming this letter to be related to non-agricultural land, in the year 2020, the fraudsters presented it and created bogus property cards, as per Ramoliya’s allegations.