Lok Sabha Question No. 2808 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Land of Postal Department
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P., VIRENDER KASHYAP

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2808 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  AUGUST, 2016

## LAND OF POSTAL DEPARTMENT

2808.  SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether huge land allotted to Postal Department is lying vacant and unused;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) the  details  of  the  lands  which  have  been  illegally  encroached  upon  and  the action being taken by the Government to vacate them;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposals to utilise or dispose it of; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) & (b) The Department of Posts has 1764 vacant plots of land which are used for construction of Postal buildings. The state-wise number of vacant plots of land of Department of Posts is enclosed as Annexure.
- (c) There are 207 plots of land which are under encroachment. The encroachment cases have been taken up with the local administration and police authorities. First Information Reports have been lodged in some cases. Courts of law have also been approached to reclaim the encroached land.
- (d) & (e) The  vacant  plots  of  land  are  to  be  utilized  for  construction  of  Postal buildings  including  that  of  staff  quarters,  which  is  an  ongoing  Plan  activity  and  is carried out  subject to availability of funds. Therefore, the question of disposing of any plot of land does not arise.

## Annexure

## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN REPLY TO PART (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2808

| State/Union Territories (U/T)   |   Vacant plots of land |
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                  |                    109 |
| Telangana                       |                    111 |
| Assam                           |                     36 |
| Bihar                           |                     92 |
| Chhattisgarh                    |                      5 |
| Delhi                           |                     18 |
| Gujarat                         |                    110 |
| Daman & Diu(U/T)                |                      0 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli (U/T)    |                      0 |
| Haryana                         |                     12 |
| Himachal Pradesh                |                     21 |
| Jharkhand                       |                     59 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                 |                      6 |
| Karnataka                       |                    352 |
| Kerala                          |                    144 |
| Lakshadweep                     |                      0 |
| Madhya Pradesh                  |                     38 |
| Maharashtra                     |                     63 |
| Goa                             |                     18 |
| Meghalaya                       |                      2 |
| Mizoram                         |                      3 |
| Manipur                         |                      3 |
| Nagaland                        |                      7 |
| Arunachal Pradesh               |                      1 |
| Tripura                         |                      3 |
| Odisha                          |                     40 |
| Punjab                          |                     14 |
| Chandigarh                      |                      4 |
| Rajasthan                       |                    162 |
| Tamil Nadu                      |                    148 |
| Puducherry                      |                      1 |
| Uttar Pradesh                   |                     76 |
| Uttarakhand                     |                     19 |
| West Bengal                     |                     80 |
| Sikkim                          |                      1 |
| Andaman &Nicobar Islands        |                      6 |
| TOTAL                           |                   1764 |

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