Lok Sabha Question No. 370 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Encroachment on Defence Land
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.370

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## ENCROACHMENT ON DEFENCE LAND

*370.  SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI  LEKHI: SHRI  SANJAY  DHOTRE:

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

- (a) whether cases of unauthorised construction or encroachment of the land under the Defence Estates Organisation and poor management of leases have come to the notice of the Government during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the number  of  such  cases  reported during  the said  period  along  with  the  land  of  the  defence  stuck  in  such  cases  across  the  country, State / UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  total  area  of  defence  land  freed  from  illegal  occupation  and  the  number  of offenders during the said period, State / UT-wise;
- (d) whether defence land in various parts of the country remain un-utilised and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken / being taken by the Government and the mechanism put in place to protect the defence land from such unauthorised construction / encroachment?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

j{kk ea=h

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(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 370 FOR ANSWER ON 11.8.2017

- (a) & (b): Yes Madam. Details of unauthorized constructions and occupations  on  encroached  defence  land  under  the  management  of  the Defence Estates Organization  during the last three years 2014, 2015 & 2016 including  the  current  year  upto  30.06.2017  are  given  in  Annexure-A.  The details of unauthorised constructions on old grant/lease or on private land inside  cantonments  detected  form  2014  to  30 th June,  2017  are  given  in Annexure-A1. The reasons for encroachment / unauthorised constructions taking  place  include  vast  spread  of  Defence  land,  increased  pressure  on land,  title  disputes  and  continued  occupation  of  land  by  ex-agricultural lessees.  Defence land has been given on lease to various entities under Cantonment codes and Rules.  A number of these leases have expired and difficulties have been faced in their timely renewal on account of absence of renewal application with full documents, violation of leased terms, nonmutation due to disputes etc. (c) State/UT-wise details of unauthorised constructions and encroachment  removed  from  land  under  the  management  of  Defence Estates  Organisation  during  the  last  three  years  2014,  2015  &  2016 including the current year upto 30.06.2017 are given in Annexure-B. (d) All  defence  land  is  used  for  Military  purposes  or  is  earmarked  for future  use.    Besides,  certain  defence  land  which  appear  to  be  unutilised land  are  open  spaces  allowed  under  land  norms  for  purposes  such  as training, mobilisation practice, sports, parade, construction of Key Location Plans (KLP) and exercises, manoeuvres etc. (e) The  Government  has  undertaken  the  following steps to  check encroachment: (i) Strengthening of Defence land management by way of digitization 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. Removal of encroachments on defence land under the provisions of Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 as
- (iii) well as under the Cantonment Act, 2006.

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## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN THE STATEMENT IN  PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 370 FOR ANSWER ON 11.8.2017

## State/UT-wise details of Unauthorised Constructions/ Occupation on Encroached Defence Land

| S.No   | State/UT         | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Unauthorised constructions/occupation on encroached defence land   | Total                      | Total                                    |
|--------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| S.No   | State/UT         | 2014                                                               | 2014                                                               | 2015                                                               | 2015                                                               | 2016                                                               | 2016                                                               | Up to 30th June 2017                                               | Up to 30th June 2017                                               |                            |                                          |
| S.No   | State/UT         | Nos.                                                               | Area (in acres)                                                    | Nos.                                                               | Area (in acres)                                                    | Nos.                                                               | Area (in acres)                                                    | Nos                                                                | Area (in acres)                                                    | Nos. Total (Col. 3+5+7 +9) | Area (in acres) [Total of Col. 4+6+8+10] |
| 1      | 2                | 3                                                                  | 4                                                                  | 5                                                                  | 6                                                                  | 7                                                                  | 8                                                                  | 9                                                                  | 10                                                                 | 11                         | 12                                       |
| 1      | Bihar            | 26                                                                 | 0.1011                                                             | 7                                                                  | 0.0178                                                             | 97                                                                 | 2.7650                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 130                        | 2.8839                                   |
| 2      | Gujarat          | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 1                                                                  | 0.0118                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 1                          | 0.0118                                   |
| 3      | Haryana          | 53                                                                 | 91.8227                                                            | 2                                                                  | 0.0215                                                             | 1                                                                  | 0.0032                                                             | 20                                                                 | 7.5559                                                             | 76                         | 99.4033                                  |
| 4      | Himachal Pradesh | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 2                                                                  | 0.0038                                                             | 5                                                                  | 0.2525                                                             | 1                                                                  | 0.008                                                              | 8                          | 0.2643                                   |
| 5      | Jammu Kashmir    | 2                                                                  | 0.0034                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 1                                                                  | 0.0053                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 3                          | 0.0087                                   |
| 6      | Karnataka        | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 2                                                                  | 0.0204                                                             | 2                          | 0.0204                                   |
| 7      | Kerala           | 1                                                                  | 0.0420                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 1                                                                  | 0.1044                                                             | 3                                                                  | 0.0630                                                             | 5                          | 0.2094                                   |
| 8      | Madhya Pradesh   | 69                                                                 | 3.7693                                                             | 490                                                                | 2.4527                                                             | 388                                                                | 4.8509                                                             | 37                                                                 | 1.1711                                                             | 984                        | 12.2440                                  |
| 9      | Maharashtra      | 121                                                                | 3.5748                                                             | 104                                                                | 1.5015                                                             | 28                                                                 | 3.1807                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 253                        | 8.2570                                   |
| 10     | Punjab           | 1                                                                  | 6.0500                                                             | 4                                                                  | 0.0059                                                             | 13                                                                 | 49.1390                                                            | 1                                                                  | 0.2000                                                             | 19                         | 55.3949                                  |
| 11     | Rajasthan        | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 10                                                                 | 0.1851                                                             | 64                                                                 | 1.9512                                                             | 6                                                                  | 0.0285                                                             | 80                         | 2.1648                                   |
| 12     | Tamilnadu        | 1                                                                  | 0.0028                                                             | 22                                                                 | 0.0824                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 23                         | 0.0852                                   |
| 13     | Telangana        | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0.0000                                                             | 6                                                                  | 1.6248                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 6                          | 1.6248                                   |
| 14     | Uttar Pradesh    | 15                                                                 | 0.0178                                                             | 10                                                                 | 0.0382                                                             | 58                                                                 | 1.0396                                                             | 55                                                                 | 3.8619                                                             | 138                        | 4.9575                                   |
| 15     | Uttarakhand      | 6                                                                  | 0.1128                                                             | 1                                                                  | 0.0350                                                             | 9                                                                  | 1.1250                                                             | 4                                                                  | 0.0030                                                             | 20                         | 1.2758                                   |
| 16     | West Bengal      | 1                                                                  | 0.0250                                                             | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 0                                                                  | 1                          | 0.0250                                   |
| Total  | Total            | 296                                                                | 105.5217                                                           | 653                                                                | 4.3556                                                             | 671                                                                | 66.0416                                                            | 129                                                                | 12.9118                                                            | 1749                       | 188.8307                                 |

ANNEXURE-A1 REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN THE STATEMENT IN PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 370 FOR ANSWER ON 11.8.2017 State/UT-wise Unauthorised Constructions on  land held on old grant/ lease or on private land inside cantonments detected from

2014 to 30th June 2017

| Sl. No   | State/UT         |   Numbers of Unauthorised Constructions detected during the year |   Numbers of Unauthorised Constructions detected during the year |   Numbers of Unauthorised Constructions detected during the year | Numbers of Unauthorised Constructions detected during the year   | Numbers of Unauthorised Constructions detected during the year   |
|----------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| .        |                  |                                                             2014 |                                                             2015 |                                                             2016 | Current year upto June 2017                                      | Total Nos. (col. 3+4+5+6)                                        |
| 1        | 2                |                                                                3 |                                                                4 |                                                                5 | 6                                                                | 7                                                                |
| 1        | Bihar            |                                                               19 |                                                               18 |                                                                3 | 9                                                                | 49                                                               |
| 2        | Delhi            |                                                              145 |                                                              151 |                                                              123 | 85                                                               | 504                                                              |
| 3        | Gujarat          |                                                                2 |                                                                2 |                                                                1 | 0                                                                | 5                                                                |
| 4        | Himachal Pradesh |                                                                6 |                                                                4 |                                                                6 | 4                                                                | 20                                                               |
| 5        | Haryana          |                                                                5 |                                                               17 |                                                               13 | 6                                                                | 41                                                               |
| 6        | Karnataka        |                                                                7 |                                                               10 |                                                               10 | 23                                                               | 50                                                               |
| 7        | Kerala           |                                                                0 |                                                                0 |                                                                2 | 0                                                                | 2                                                                |
| 8        | Madhya Pradesh   |                                                               83 |                                                               43 |                                                               76 | 60                                                               | 262                                                              |
| 9        | Maharashtra      |                                                               68 |                                                               61 |                                                               67 | 30                                                               | 226                                                              |
| 10       | Meghalaya        |                                                                0 |                                                                1 |                                                                0 | 1                                                                | 2                                                                |
| 11       | Punjab           |                                                               79 |                                                               41 |                                                               49 | 6                                                                | 175                                                              |
| 12       | Rajasthan        |                                                                3 |                                                               12 |                                                               10 | 0                                                                | 25                                                               |
| 13       | Tamilnadu        |                                                               99 |                                                              110 |                                                              128 | 16                                                               | 353                                                              |
| 14       | Telangana        |                                                                9 |                                                                2 |                                                                1 | 0                                                                | 12                                                               |
| 15       | Uttar Pradesh    |                                                              154 |                                                              200 |                                                              385 | 245                                                              | 984                                                              |
| 16       | Uttarakhand      |                                                               16 |                                                               30 |                                                               49 | 15                                                               | 110                                                              |
| 17       | West Bengal      |                                                               14 |                                                               15 |                                                                9 | 9                                                                | 47                                                               |
| Total:   | Total:           |                                                              709 |                                                              717 |                                                              932 | 509                                                              | 2867                                                             |

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## ANNEXURE-B REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN THE STATEMENT IN  PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 370 FOR ANSWER ON 11.8.2017

State/UT-wise  Total  area  of  defence  land  under  the  Defence  Estates  Organisation  freed from illegal occupation  from 2014 to 30th June 2017

| S.N.   | State/UT         | Total number and area freed from illegal occupation   | Total number and area freed from illegal occupation   |
|--------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|        |                  | Number                                                | Area (in acres)                                       |
| 1      | 2                | 3                                                     | 4                                                     |
| 1      | Bihar            | 130                                                   | 2.8839                                                |
| 2      | Delhi            | 1                                                     | 0.0560                                                |
| 3      | Gujarat          | 6                                                     | 0.0970                                                |
| 4      | Haryana          | 14                                                    | 69.0993                                               |
| 5      | Himachal Pradesh | 27                                                    | 40.1050                                               |
| 6      | Jammu& Kashmir   | 2                                                     | 0.0211                                                |
| 7      | Karnataka        | 11                                                    | 0.0353                                                |
| 8      | Kerala           | 3                                                     | 0.0830                                                |
| 9      | Madhya Pradesh   | 2303                                                  | 33.7466                                               |
| 10     | Maharashtra      | 194                                                   | 45.1890                                               |
| 11     | Meghalaya        | 3                                                     | 0.1600                                                |
| 12     | Punjab           | 21                                                    | 101.5649                                              |
| 13     | Rajasthan        | 27                                                    | 0.6083                                                |
| 14     | Tamilnadu        | 11                                                    | 1.1125                                                |
| 15     | Telangana        | 4                                                     | 1.9300                                                |
| 16     | Uttar Pradesh    | 246                                                   | 172.7207                                              |
| 17     | Uttarakhand      | 19                                                    | 8.7444                                                |
| 18     | West Bengal      | 3                                                     | 0.0179                                                |
| Total  | Total            | 3025                                                  | 478.1748                                              |

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