Lok Sabha Question No. 4189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Management of Defence Lands
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL, SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4189

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2018

## MANAGEMENT OF DEFENCE LANDS

## 4189.  SHRI  KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  defence  land  under  encroachment  in  the  country,  location  and  State-wise including in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the  reasons  for  such  encroachment  along  with  irregularities  and  illegalities  in  the management of defence lands noticed;
- (c) whether the encroachments are allegedly with the help of concerned State Governments;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  steps  taken  /  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  do  away  with  irregularities  and illegalities  and  retrieve  the  encroached  Defence  land  of  the  country  including  in  Bundelkhand region?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

<!-- image -->

- (a) A total of 9980.1185 acres of defence land is under encroachment in the country. The details of defence land under encroachment in the country, statewise is enclosed as Annexure - 'A'.  Out of this, 90.472 acres of defence land is under encroachment in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.
- (b)      The  main  reasons  for  encroachments,  unauthorized  occupation  and problems in the management of defence land are given below:-
- (i) Defence land is spread all over the country and have not been completely fenced.
- (ii)  Lack of survey and demarcation of defence land in the past.
- (iii)  Non  completion  of  mutation  of  land  in  records  of  State  Government  in favour of Ministry of Defence in some cases.
- (iv)  Increased pressure on land due to urbanization and slums.

:  2  :

(v)    Land  under  expired  agricultural  leases  continues  to  remain  under  the occupation of ex-lessees in some cases. (vi) In some  cases,  defence  lands  have been  occupied  by  the State Government authorities for  various public  infrastructure  and  utility  projects and  vacation  of  such  lands  has  not  been  possible  as  such  and  efforts  are being made to regularize their occupation. (c) & (d): As  such  State  Governments  have  not  abetted  in  encroaching defence lands but for occupying of some defence land for their own offices and public utilities. (e) Detection,  prevention  and  removal  of  encroachment  is  a  continuous exercise. Action for removal of encroachments on defence land are taken under the  provisions  of  Public  Premises  (Eviction  of  Unauthorised  Occupants)  Act, 1971 as well as under the Cantonment Act, 2006. Case are also taken up with State  or  Municipal  authorities  for  resolution  of  the  problem.  The  Government has undertaken the following steps to check encroachments:(i) Strengthening of defence land management by way of digitisation of land records,  Survey,  demarcation  and  verification  of  defence  lands  and  land Audit. (ii)  Issue  of  detailed  instructions  by the Government emphasizing  the  need for ensuring vigilance, detection and prevention of new encroachments. (iii) The process of defence land audit has been institutionalized from 201112 as a continuing process. (iv)   Court cases are being pursued to evict encroachers. (v)  Close liaison is being maintained with revenue and civil police authorities to detect attempt to encroach upon the defence land by encroachers (vi) Defence lands located in isolated locations are being fenced and regular patrolling  is being  carried  out  to  safeguard the  lands from  encroachers and unauthorized construction.

*******

## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4189 FOR ANSWER ON 21.3.2018

## State / UT-wise details of  Encroachments on Defence Land (as on 30.06.2017)

| State                |   Area (in acres) |
|----------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh       |           21.97   |
| Andaman & Nicobar    |           25.62   |
| Assam                |          464.756  |
| Arunachal Pradesh    |           87.814  |
| Bihar                |          478.974  |
| Chandigarh           |            0      |
| Chhattisgarh         |          165.768  |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli |            0      |
| Daman & Diu          |            0      |
| Delhi                |          111.301  |
| Goa                  |            4.3    |
| Gujarat              |          164.457  |
| Haryana              |          737.446  |
| Himachal Pradesh     |           60.1571 |
| Jammu & Kashmir      |          363.685  |
| Jharkhand            |          304.932  |
| Karnataka            |          139.402  |
| Kerala               |            2.6839 |
| Lakshadweep          |            0      |
| Maharashtra          |          914.714  |
| Madhya Pradesh       |         1647.41   |
| Manipur              |            6.123  |
| Meghalaya            |           10.6588 |
| Mizoram              |            0      |
| Nagaland             |          357.53   |
| Odisha               |            0.27   |
| Puducherry           |            0      |
| Punjab               |          240.831  |
| Rajasthan            |          484.209  |
| Sikkim               |            0.299  |
| Telangana            |          150.052  |
| Tamilnadu            |          147.167  |
| Tripura              |            1      |
| Uttar Pradesh        |         2276.88   |
| Uttarakhand          |           55.1443 |
| West Bengal          |          554.567  |
| Total:               |         9980.12   |