Lok Sabha Question No. 1778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Encroachment on DEO Land
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1778

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## ENCROACHMENT ON DEO LAND

1778.  SHRI  SANJAY  DHOTRE:

SHRI  BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB:

SHRI  RAHUL SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether  the  unauthorised  construction  /  encroachment  on  the  land  under  the management of Defence Estate Organisation (DEO) has increased in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  defence  land  encroached  across  the country, State / UT-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the extent to which the Government  has removed the said unauthorised construction / encroachment along with the number of such illegal occupants punished during the said period, State / UT-wise;
- (d) the mechanism  put in place by the Government  to prevent unauthorised construction / encroachment of defence land in the country; and
- (e) the  other  corrective  steps  taken  /  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect defence land from unauthorised construction / encroachment?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) & (b): No,  Madam.  There  is  no  increase  in  encroachment  on  land under  the  management  of  Directorate  General  of  Defence  Estates  during each of the last three years and the current year upto 31.01.2019.

(c) State / UT-wise details of unauthorised constructions and encroachment removed along with the number of such illegal occupants punished  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  (upto 31.01.2019) are given in Annexure-A.

## (d) & (e): The  Government  has  undertaken  the  following  steps  to check encroachment:

- (i) Strengthening of Defence land management by way of digitisation of  land  records;  Survey,  demarcation  and  verification  of  defence lands and land Audit.
- (ii) Regular inspection of sites under respective jurisdiction is conducted by the CEO / DEO / Station Commander as the case may be.
- (iii) Issue of detailed instructions by the Government emphasising the need  for  ensuring  vigilance,  detection  and  prevention  of  new encroachments.
- (iv)  Removal of encroachments on defence land under the provisions of Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 as well as under the Cantonment Act, 2006.

*******

## ANNEXURE-A REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN  IN PART (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1778 FOR ANSWER ON 13.02.2019

## State / UT-wise area / extent of Defence land under the management of Defence  Estates  Organisation  from  which  encroachment  have  been removed from 2016 to 31.01.2019:

| State / U.T.         | Area / extent from where encroachment have been removed from 2016 to 31.01.2019   | Area / extent from where encroachment have been removed from 2016 to 31.01.2019   | No. of persons punished   |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| State / U.T.         | Number                                                                            | Area (in acres)                                                                   |                           |
| Delhi                | 1                                                                                 | 0.0560                                                                            | 0                         |
| Gujarat              | 5                                                                                 | 0.0179                                                                            | 0                         |
| Haryana              | 6                                                                                 | 25.2316                                                                           | 0                         |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 27                                                                                | 39.8525                                                                           | 1                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 1                                                                                 | 0.0253                                                                            | 0                         |
| Kerala & Lakshadweep | 3                                                                                 | 0.0200                                                                            | 0                         |
| Karnataka            | 13                                                                                | 0.0676                                                                            | 0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 587                                                                               | 12.9957                                                                           | 13                        |
| Maharashtra          | 59                                                                                | 0.5516                                                                            | 0                         |
| Meghalaya            | 18                                                                                | 0.3471                                                                            | 0                         |
| Punjab               | 61                                                                                | 49.4906                                                                           | 0                         |
| Rajasthan            | 4                                                                                 | 0.7700                                                                            | 3                         |
| Tamilnadu            | 38                                                                                | 2.0398                                                                            | 0                         |
| Telangana            | 18                                                                                | 0.4300                                                                            | 0                         |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 226                                                                               | 75.3118                                                                           | 0                         |
| Uttarakhand          | 18                                                                                | 8.6418                                                                            | 0                         |
| West Bengal          | 2                                                                                 | 0.0109                                                                            | 0                         |
| Total:               | 1087                                                                              | 215.8602                                                                          | 17                        |

*******