<p>Recently, a 11-year-old boy hogged limelight for staging a protest in front of the office of deputy commissioner, demanding land under ex-servicemen’s quota. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The boy is the son of a late- ex-serviceman. If going by the information available, he is not alone, as there are close to 400 aspirants for land under the very privilege from over one decade.<br /><br />On an average 20 to 30 applicants seeking the benefit knock on the doors of the office of sainik welfare and resettlement in the city, every year. Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts fall under the jurisdiction of this office. It has 4,000 registered ex-servicemen, and majority are settled in Mysore.<br /><br />An officer on condition of anonymity told Deccan Herald, according to the rule, earlier, the dependents of battle casualty were eligible for land up to 10 acres. <br />In case they didn’t want land, they were being compensated with Rs 25,000 (now Rs one lakh). <br /><br />The purpose of allotting agricultural land was to enable them (ex-servicemen) eke out a living through farming. In the later days, the demand for land also came from both serving and retired defence personnel. <br /><br />The office of the deputy director, sainik welfare and resettlement board in the city verifies the veracity of applicants, before forwarding their request for land along with relevant documents to the office of deputy commissioner and respective local authorities where the land sought is located.<br /><br />Likewise, the number of pending applications from the past 15 years could be between 300 and 400. The reason for not allotting lands is non-availability of land. In a recent case, the office of assistant commissioner, Hunsur sub-division had quoted the same reason.<br /><br />When enquired another officer said, whenever there is a plea for land from either defence personnel or others, the officers check whether the said land is free from all encumbrance. <br /><br />In reference to the case of ex-servicemen, the officer said, non-availability of land is the prime reason. Even if a person, other than ex-serviceman, is tilling the land, he is eligible to claim the ownership under akrama sakrama scheme. <br /><br />As is the procedure, a list of land availability is announced at the office of tahsildar on the first of every month. The land is allotted according to the roster system.<br /><br />The ex-servicemen also enjoy the privilege here as 10 per cent of the land is reserved for them. The situation is such that, in some cases, the government projects too are stymied due to non-availability of land . Even if it is available, the respective departments will be unwilling to part with it, in the name of reserving land for development works to be taken up in the future.</p>
<p>Recently, a 11-year-old boy hogged limelight for staging a protest in front of the office of deputy commissioner, demanding land under ex-servicemen’s quota. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The boy is the son of a late- ex-serviceman. If going by the information available, he is not alone, as there are close to 400 aspirants for land under the very privilege from over one decade.<br /><br />On an average 20 to 30 applicants seeking the benefit knock on the doors of the office of sainik welfare and resettlement in the city, every year. Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts fall under the jurisdiction of this office. It has 4,000 registered ex-servicemen, and majority are settled in Mysore.<br /><br />An officer on condition of anonymity told Deccan Herald, according to the rule, earlier, the dependents of battle casualty were eligible for land up to 10 acres. <br />In case they didn’t want land, they were being compensated with Rs 25,000 (now Rs one lakh). <br /><br />The purpose of allotting agricultural land was to enable them (ex-servicemen) eke out a living through farming. In the later days, the demand for land also came from both serving and retired defence personnel. <br /><br />The office of the deputy director, sainik welfare and resettlement board in the city verifies the veracity of applicants, before forwarding their request for land along with relevant documents to the office of deputy commissioner and respective local authorities where the land sought is located.<br /><br />Likewise, the number of pending applications from the past 15 years could be between 300 and 400. The reason for not allotting lands is non-availability of land. In a recent case, the office of assistant commissioner, Hunsur sub-division had quoted the same reason.<br /><br />When enquired another officer said, whenever there is a plea for land from either defence personnel or others, the officers check whether the said land is free from all encumbrance. <br /><br />In reference to the case of ex-servicemen, the officer said, non-availability of land is the prime reason. Even if a person, other than ex-serviceman, is tilling the land, he is eligible to claim the ownership under akrama sakrama scheme. <br /><br />As is the procedure, a list of land availability is announced at the office of tahsildar on the first of every month. The land is allotted according to the roster system.<br /><br />The ex-servicemen also enjoy the privilege here as 10 per cent of the land is reserved for them. The situation is such that, in some cases, the government projects too are stymied due to non-availability of land . Even if it is available, the respective departments will be unwilling to part with it, in the name of reserving land for development works to be taken up in the future.</p>
