{"id":148745,"date":"2011-03-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kanya-lal-dassi-ors-vs-state-of-jk-ors-on-15-march-2011"},"modified":"2019-03-10T08:12:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-10T02:42:56","slug":"kanya-lal-dassi-ors-vs-state-of-jk-ors-on-15-march-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kanya-lal-dassi-ors-vs-state-of-jk-ors-on-15-march-2011","title":{"rendered":"Kanya Lal Dassi &amp; Ors vs State Of J&amp;K &amp; Ors on 15 March, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jammu High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Kanya Lal Dassi &amp; Ors vs State Of J&amp;K &amp; Ors on 15 March, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n\n \n \n HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AT JAMMU.            \nOWP No. 422 OF 2005    \nKanya Lal Dassi &amp; ors \nPetitioners\nState of J&amp;K &amp; ors.\nRespondent  \n!Mr. Virender Bhat, Advocate\n^Mr. A.H.Qazi, AAG  \n\nMr. Justice J.P.Singh\nDate: 15.03.2011 \n:J U D G M E N T :\n<\/pre>\n<p>The petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 &#8211; Kanya Lal Dassi and<br \/>\nGouri Shanker Dassi, and petitioner No.3- M.K.Dassi, left<br \/>\nbehind their two storied building with attic and a single<br \/>\nstoried building with attic alongwith land appurtenant thereto<br \/>\nrespectively, at village Ganjwara of Tehsil Anantnag in<br \/>\nDistrict Anantnag-Kashmir, when they had to migrate<br \/>\ntherefrom because of the militancy in Kashmir valley. Their<br \/>\nhouses and land were occupied by the Security Forces<br \/>\n(CRPF) in mid 1990s.\n<\/p>\n<p>Vide its decision No.1203-14\/LRA\/Rent\/2002 dated<br \/>\n30.01.2002, the State Government assessed Rs.3330\/- and<br \/>\n904\/- per month as rent payable for their houses<br \/>\nrespectively.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the petitioners, the State Authorities<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">2<\/span><br \/>\nassessed rent payable for their houses alone and no<br \/>\nrent was assessed for the land appurtenant thereto, which<br \/>\ntoo was occupied by the Security Forces. Rs. 46384\/- is<br \/>\nstated by the petitioners to have been received by petitioner<br \/>\nNos. 1 and 2 vide Draft No.97657 dated 08.02.2003 drawn<br \/>\non the Jammu and Kashmir Bank Limited, as part payment<br \/>\ntowards the rent of their houses. Petitioner No.3 was not,<br \/>\nhowever, paid anything towards the rent of his building in<br \/>\noccupation of the Security Forces.\n<\/p>\n<p>Relying on the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir<br \/>\nMigrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and<br \/>\nRestraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, the petitioners seek<br \/>\ndirections against the respondents to free their residential<br \/>\nhouses from the unauthorized occupation and pay them<br \/>\ncompensation for the unauthorized occupations period at<br \/>\nthe rate double the market rate of rent.\n<\/p>\n<p>Compensation for the damage caused to their<br \/>\nproperties by the Security Forces too is claimed in the Writ<br \/>\nPetition.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Commissioner, Anantnags response to<br \/>\nthe petitioners Notice dated 12.06.2002 for payment of rent<br \/>\nis relied upon by the petitioners to support the case set up in<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><br \/>\nthe Writ Petition. A copy of the communication has been<br \/>\nplaced on records.\n<\/p>\n<p>Despite availing numerous opportunities, allowed to<br \/>\nthem to file Objections to the Writ Petition, the State<br \/>\nrespondents have opted not to file their Response thereto.<br \/>\nI have heard learned counsel for the parties and<br \/>\nconsidered their submissions.\n<\/p>\n<p>On facts, there does not appear any dispute on the<br \/>\nquestion that the properties of the petitioners, who are<br \/>\nmigrants, have been taken possession of by the Security<br \/>\nForces. From the admission of petitioner Nos.1 and 2, it<br \/>\ncomes out that they had received part payment of the rent,<br \/>\nwhich had been assessed payable for their houses in<br \/>\noccupation of the Security Forces.\n<\/p>\n<p>The case set up by the petitioners and the<br \/>\nsubmissions of the learned State counsel are, therefore,<br \/>\ndealt with in view of the above factual position.<br \/>\nIn terms of the provisions of Section 4 of the Jammu<br \/>\nand Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation,<br \/>\nProtection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, the<br \/>\nAct hereafter, the District Magistrate, Anantnag is deemed<br \/>\nto have taken over the possession of the properties of the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">4<\/span><br \/>\npetitioners. He was required to take requisite steps on the<br \/>\npetitioners Complaint regarding illegal occupation of their<br \/>\npremises, as contemplated by the provisions of Section 5 of<br \/>\nthe Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>Looking to the facts and circumstances of the case as<br \/>\nthey so appear from the material placed on the records by<br \/>\nthe petitioners claiming them to have received rent in part<br \/>\nfor the premises in occupation of the Security Forces, their<br \/>\nClaim for freeing their properties from the occupation of the<br \/>\nSecurity Forces needs to be determined first by the<br \/>\nCompetent Authority under the Act, in that, it is the Authority<br \/>\nwhich is empowered to go into all these questions as to<br \/>\nwhether or not the possession of the Security Forces was<br \/>\nunauthorized, and if so, to take requisite action for eviction<br \/>\nof the properties in their occupation, And it is only after<br \/>\ncoming to the conclusion that the migrants property was in<br \/>\nunauthorized occupation that issue of payment of<br \/>\ncompensation may be determined.\n<\/p>\n<p>As the District Magistrate has not yet considered the<br \/>\npetitioners grievance for initiating action under Sections 5<br \/>\nand 13 of the Act, so a direction needs to be issued to him<br \/>\nto discharge his statutory obligations under the Act<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">5<\/span><br \/>\nThis Writ Petition is, therefore, disposed of with a<br \/>\ndirection to the District Magistrate, Anantnag to consider the<br \/>\npetitioners Claim for taking appropriate action in terms of<br \/>\nthe provisions of Sections 5 and 13 of the Act in respect of<br \/>\ntheir properties, and to take all such measures, as may be<br \/>\nnecessary, to implement the provisions of the Act.<br \/>\nUntil such proceedings were initiated and concluded by<br \/>\nthe District Magistrate, he is required to ensure that the rent<br \/>\nas assessed for the petitioners buildings, along with arrears,<br \/>\nwas paid to the petitioners, within a period of eight weeks.<br \/>\nThe State functionaries shall ensure payment of<br \/>\narrears of rent to the petitioners within period referred to<br \/>\nherein above.\n<\/p>\n<p>The rent so paid and already received by the<br \/>\npetitioners, shall be adjusted in the compensation, if<br \/>\nassessed payable to the petitioners, in terms of the<br \/>\nprovisions of Section 13 of the Act.\n<\/p>\n<p>The District Magistrate is directed to pass requisite<br \/>\norders in respect of the petitioners claims, within a period of<br \/>\nfour months, after hearing the respondents and those in<br \/>\noccupation of the premises. The petitioners shall enjoy<br \/>\nliberty to file fresh Representation with the District<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">6<\/span><br \/>\nMagistrate supplying him all such material or evidence on<br \/>\nwhich they may like to rely upon to seek consideration of<br \/>\ntheir Claims.\n<\/p>\n<p>(J.P. SINGH)<br \/>\nJUDGE<br \/>\nJAMMU<br \/>\n15.03.2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>Vinod <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu High Court Kanya Lal Dassi &amp; Ors vs State Of J&amp;K &amp; Ors on 15 March, 2011 HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AT JAMMU. OWP No. 422 OF 2005 Kanya Lal Dassi &amp; ors Petitioners State of J&amp;K &amp; ors. Respondent !Mr. Virender Bhat, Advocate ^Mr. A.H.Qazi, AAG Mr. Justice J.P.Singh Date: 15.03.2011 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-jammu-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kanya Lal Dassi &amp; Ors vs State Of J&amp;K &amp; Ors on 15 March, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/kanya-lal-dassi-ors-vs-state-of-jk-ors-on-15-march-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kanya Lal Dassi &amp; 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