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1. 1. Encroached land: PMO proposes, Budgam officials don’t dispose (GreaterKashmir.com) 12/10/2006 : 3:56:28 PM

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   A letter from the PMO (No. 10/3/05-PMP-1/278596, dated 30/12/2005) addressed to Abdul Salam Dar of Chadoora Budgam, who is working as muezzin at Jamia Masjid Peeran Kaliyar, Roorkee, Haridwar (Uttaranchal) for last 25 years, states that "I am desired to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated 14th November 2005 received in this office and to inform that it is being forwarded to the Chief Secretary Govt of J&K for action as appropriate." Dar, in his letter to Greater Kashmir from Haridwar says that he had purchased 10 marlas of land at Surisyar Chadoora, his native village. "In 2002, I came to know that my land has been illegally occupied by some people. After I got this information I sent written applications on 11/06/2002 to Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Tehsildar Chadoora and Deputy Superintendent of Police Budgam and sought their intervention for getting the encroachers vacated from there," Dar said. He said the officials didn't respond for three months, which made him to write letters to the PMO. "On 4/09/2002 I wrote a letter to Prime Minister, on 28/10/2002 to Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, on 31/07/2002 to NC president Omar Abdullah and on 26/03/2003 to former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed," Dar said, adding, "I also informed (then) Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister. They directed the concerned officials to remove the encroachers from my land, but nobody paid any heed towards the orders issued by Ministers." Dar said that despite his repeated applications no action was initiated. "I kept on writing the letters to those people who were in power and one day I received a reply from the PM office, and thereafter I thought all my worries are over," he said. According to him, he faxed a copy of the letter from the PMO to his brother Ghulam Hassan Dar in Budgam. "My brother went to the Police Station Chadoora and showed the letter to concerned SHO. However the officer told him to get lost and not come again," Dar added.
   
   Dar alleged that encroachers have greased the palms of the police.