Srinagar, July 13: Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended nine revenue officials after a preliminary inquiry found them guilty of "tampering" in records pertaining to more than 18 hectares of state land in Sonemarg on Srinagar-Leh National Highway, an official spokesman said here today. The director land records, Kashmir, who conducted the inquiry said in the preliminary report that the officials had made illegal entries in respect of various survey numbers and the state land had been allowed to be transferred through sale deeds "playing havoc with the records", the spokesman said.
He said the officials were Naib Tehsildar Ghulam Nabi Sheikh, Girdawar Fareedoon Khatana and Abdul Rehman Sheikh and patwaris Mohammad Afzal Shah, Ghulam Mohammad Khatana, Abdul Rashid Mugal, Abdul Ahad Raina, Abdul Hamid and Ali Mohammad Lone.
Reacting on the matter, revenue minister Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen said the present coalition government would not tolerate "corrupt" officials and was committed to provide clean, transparent and accountable administration.
Bureau Report