<p class="bodytext">The district administration should conduct Sainik Adalat at least once in three months, said Ex-servicemen Association President B A Cariappa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The district administration has been neglecting the welfare of ex-servicemen.” Cariappa said 15,000 ex-servicemen live in Kodagu. But not all get the facilities provided by state government and district administration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District In-charge Minister Sa Ra Mahesh has not conducted even a single ‘Sainik Adalat’. The district administration has not taken action although a memorandum has been submitted by ex-servicemen in this regard, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Around 250 ex-servicemen have applied for allocation of Paisari land. But the files are lying unattended at Taluk office. The district administration should inform the applicants at what stage the applications are.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“In other districts, the government itself offers land to ex-servicemen. But in Kodagu, the administration has not sanctioned land even though the district has contributed maximum number of soldiers.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seven cents of land, sanctioned to the ex-servicemen association, in Karnangeri village should be handed over to the association, he urged district administration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that 50% concession was provided in house tax to ex-servicemen living in urban areas. “The facility should also be extended to rural areas as many ex-servicemen are living in rural areas.” The ex-servicemen, who have lost their houses during the flash floods in August last year, have not been compensated yet.</p>
<p class="bodytext">The district administration should conduct Sainik Adalat at least once in three months, said Ex-servicemen Association President B A Cariappa.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The district administration has been neglecting the welfare of ex-servicemen.” Cariappa said 15,000 ex-servicemen live in Kodagu. But not all get the facilities provided by state government and district administration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">District In-charge Minister Sa Ra Mahesh has not conducted even a single ‘Sainik Adalat’. The district administration has not taken action although a memorandum has been submitted by ex-servicemen in this regard, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Around 250 ex-servicemen have applied for allocation of Paisari land. But the files are lying unattended at Taluk office. The district administration should inform the applicants at what stage the applications are.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“In other districts, the government itself offers land to ex-servicemen. But in Kodagu, the administration has not sanctioned land even though the district has contributed maximum number of soldiers.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">The seven cents of land, sanctioned to the ex-servicemen association, in Karnangeri village should be handed over to the association, he urged district administration.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said that 50% concession was provided in house tax to ex-servicemen living in urban areas. “The facility should also be extended to rural areas as many ex-servicemen are living in rural areas.” The ex-servicemen, who have lost their houses during the flash floods in August last year, have not been compensated yet.</p>