Haryana to enact law to give land ownership rights to villagers

File PhotoCHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced the state government’s plans to enact a new law to give ownership rights to villagers, who possess land meant for common use.

“In a relief for jumla malkan, mustraka malkan, shamlat deh, jumla mustraka malkan and abadkar, pattedar, dholidar, butmidar mukrirdar and kashtkar, the Haryana government has decided to introduce a new law to give land ownership rights to them,” he said.

While chairing a meeting with the delegation of Bhartiya Kisan Union here on Wednesday, Khattar said a special committee, under his watch, had been constituted to study the old laws and prepare the new ones.

Deputy chief minister, development and panchayat minister, urban local bodies minister and advocate general have also been included in this committee, he said. Agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister J P Dalal was also present in the meeting.

“Two meetings of this committee have been held and directions have been given to the officers concerned to prepare a draft for the said law. This work is in the final stage, soon a bill related to it will be brought in the vidhan sabha. The advocates of the Kisan Union can also give suggestions to the committee for the draft of this law,” said the chief minister.

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