SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against a former Naib Tehsildar, a Patwari and two private persons for their alleged involvement in facilitating the wrongful occupation of State land at Gurha Brahmana village in Jammu.
The case was registered following Verification No. 02/2024, initiated on a complaint filed by Sohan Singh, which allegedly revealed that revenue officials had misused their official positions and facilitated wrongful gain to private individuals, causing loss to the complainant and the Jammu and Kashmir Government.
According to the ACB, the complainant had purchased one kanal of land falling under Khasra No. 65-min through a registered sale deed dated January 17, 2005. Mutation No. 2229 was subsequently attested on February 18, 2005.
However, the verification revealed that the land actually delivered to and occupied by the complainant falls under Khasra No. 96, which is recorded as State land, instead of the privately purchased land under Khasra No. 65-min.
The ACB found that the then Patwari Babu Ram and Naib Tehsildar Ram Lal Sharma allegedly acted in connivance with private persons Chaman Lal and Ram Chand to facilitate the preparation and issuance of revenue documents on the basis of an unauthenticated Dasti Khaka, without properly verifying the authentic revenue records and the actual position of the land.
The investigation further revealed that the private persons, through their respective attorney holders, Ram Pal and Kasturi Lal, allegedly executed the sale deed and handed over possession of land falling under Khasra No. 96 instead of the land covered by Khasra No. 65-min.
A report submitted by the Tehsildar, Jammu North, on July 10, 2026, also confirmed that the complainant was not in possession of the land recorded under Khasra No. 65-min but was occupying land under Khasra No. 96, which is recorded as State land, the ACB said.
Accordingly, the Bureau registered a case under Section 5(1)(d) read with Section 5(2) of the J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Svt. 2006, and Sections 120-B, 420, 467, 468 and 471 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC).
Further investigation into the case is underway.
