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By T.S. Ranganna
BANGALORE, NOV. 28. The Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways, K.H. Muniyappa, at a meeting convened here by the Chief Minister, N. Dharam Singh, on Friday, urged him to confirm the ownership of the "bagair hukum" lands cultivated by the poor, including the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, in the State by accepting Form No. 53 of the Land Reforms Act from them. Speaking to The Hindu , the Minister said that the last date for filing the forms by those cultivating the "bagair hukum" lands in the State expired two years ago. He urged the Chief Minister to extend it again. He said that while helping the poor people, the State Government could stick to its norm and allot what was allowed under the law.
Inspection
Mr. Muniyappa urged Mr. Singh to send the Deputy Commissioner concerned or any officer authorised by him to conduct an inspection whether the person, who had applied in Form No. 53, was really cultivating the land he had requested for, and take away excess land he or she was cultivating. If they were in physical possession of the land for which they had applied, they should not be evicted, the Minister said.
`Protect small farmers'
The Minister said that he had urged the Chief Minister to protect the farmers, including those belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and minorities, having small holdings in the range of one to two acres in the Green Belt area around Bangalore, as they were under attack from the land mafia. Similar was the case with the land in Bangalore Rural District bordering Bangalore Urban district. He said that this was because many members of the land mafia, who had spread their tentacles, particularly in Bangalore, had paid some small advance to the poor landholders with an eye on these prime lands and were now forcing them to vacate them without monetary benefit commensurate with the market value. The Minister said that Saguvali Chits should be given to those, who were cultivating in the Green Belt for commercial use. Those such as Toti and Talavars, who were enjoying "inamati" lands should be given land records. L. Hanumanthaiah, MLC also attended the meeting. The Chief Minister assured that he would look into their problems and said that he would convene a meeting of officials from the Revenue, Law and Police Departments and the Bangalore Development Authority within 15 days to discuss on curbing violence on poor people, including Dalits, from the land mafia.
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