Evict KITE-Victers: AG’s workplace needs its land again

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Upset by the unlawful switch of land initially allotted to the CAG to a authorities division, Principal Accountant General (Kerala) has written to the chief secretary, urging him to take steps to clear the encroachment and return the land instantly to the CAG.

The letter adopted the try of KITE-Victers — the tutorial channel underneath the overall training division — to fence the 55 cents of land underneath the possession of CAG at Valiyasala in Thycaud village within the metropolis.

It was in January, 2017 that the federal government allotted the 55 cents to CAG in lieu of 30 cents the central authorities establishment had surrendered a couple of years in the past for widening the MG highway. The CAG was granted title deed for the land in March, 2017 and the establishment paid land tax for it subsequently.

A proposal to assemble an condo advanced as employees quarters within the space was mooted by the PAG and the top workplace gave sanction, too. On February 1, throughout a web site inspection, officers of the PAG’s workplace seen the land had been fenced and a board of KITE-Victers erected there.

Upon inquiry by the PAG, it was revealed that in October final yr, the overall training division assigned the identical land to KITE-Victers to assemble a studio-cum-headquarters advanced. The division claimed the land belonged to Government UP School, Valiyasala. 

‘Order to hand over land to CAG was based on cabinet decision’

Though the land was initially underneath the possession of the college, the possession of the college ceased to exist after it was assigned to the CAG. The land that was valued for Rs 4.74 crore in 2017 will now price round Rs 5.5 crore. PAG Anim Cherian selected to put in writing to the chief secretary after efforts to settle the difficulty with the district collector failed, mentioned sources.

In his letter, Cherian famous that each one procedures for getting authorized rights for the land together with registration of title deed and cost of primary land tax and repair costs, have been accomplished. “We’re awaiting allotment of funds from the Union ministry of urban development to start construction of staff quarters. In the meantime, CAG office also accorded administrative approval and expenditure sanction to construct a compound wall to prevent encroachment,” mentioned the letter.

A senior official mentioned the state authorities was looking for out what had gone mistaken. “The order to hand over the land to CAG was based on a cabinet decision. If a department issues another order bypassing a cabinet decision, that won’t stand legal scrutiny. All files need to be perused before finding out what actually has happened,” he mentioned.