Lok Sabha Question No. 2404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-02
Subject: Enemy Property
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2404

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JANUARY, 2018/ PAUSHA 12, 1939 (SAKA) ENEMY PROPERTY

2404. SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of enemy property in the country, State-wise;

(b) the authority which is the custodian of the said enemy property; and

(c) the details regarding the enemy properties that have been sold?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) The  details  of  enemy  property  in  the  country,  State-wise  is  as  per Annexure-I.

(b) The Custodian of enemy property for India as defined in Section 2(a) of the Enemy Property Act, 1968 is the custodian of the said enemy property.

(c) In  terms  of  Section  22-A  read  with  Section  6  of  the  Enemy  Property (Amendment & Validation) Act, 2017 any enemy property divested from the Custodian to any person, as it stood immediately before the commencement of  the  Enemy  Property  (Amendment  &  Validation)  Act,  2017  shall  stand transferred  to  and  vest  or  to  continue  to  vest  free  from  all  encumbrances, under the Custodian in the same manner as it was vested in the Custodian before such transfer of enemy property.

## LS.US.Q.No.2404 FOR 02.01.2018

| Sr.No   | Name of State   |   Total no. of Properties (left by Pakistani Nationals) |
|---------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh  |                                                     159 |
| 2       | Assam           |                                                       6 |
| 3       | Andaman         |                                                       1 |
| 4       | Bihar           |                                                      79 |
| 5       | Chattisgarh     |                                                      78 |
| 6       | Delhi           |                                                     487 |
| 7       | Diu             |                                                       4 |
| 8       | Goa             |                                                     263 |
| 9       | Gujarat         |                                                     146 |
| 10      | Haryana         |                                                       9 |
| 11      | Karnataka       |                                                      20 |
| 12      | Kerala          |                                                      60 |
| 13      | Madhya Pradesh  |                                                      88 |
| 14      | Maharashtra     |                                                      48 |
| 15      | Rajasthan       |                                                      22 |
| 16      | Tamilnadu       |                                                      34 |
| 17      | Uttar Pradesh   |                                                    4991 |
| 18      | Uttarakhand     |                                                      50 |
| 19      | West Bengal     |                                                    2735 |
|         | GRAND TOTAL     |                                                    9280 |

| SR. NO   | STATE       |   Total no. of Properties (left by Chinese Nationals) |
|----------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 1        | ASSAM       |                                                     7 |
|          |             |                                                     2 |
|          |             |                                                     2 |
|          |             |                                                     4 |
| 2        | WEST BENGAL |                                                    25 |
|          |             |                                                    19 |
|          |             |                                                     3 |
| 3        | MEGHALAYA   |                                                    57 |
| 4        | KARNATAKA   |                                                     1 |
| 5        | DELHI       |                                                     1 |
| 6        | MAHARASHTRA |                                                     1 |
| 7        | WEST BENGAL |                                                     4 |
|          | TOTAL       |                                                   126 |