Lok Sabha Question No. 986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-04
Subject: Defence Equipment
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: LALUBHAI BABUBHAI PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.986

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## LAND IN CANTONMENT AREAS

986. SHRI  LALUBHAI BABUBHAI PATEL:

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

- (a) whether a large proportion of land in the cantonment areas is under occupation of the various State Governments and private sector companies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the corrective measures taken by the Government to reclaim such land?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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(a)&(b): Out  of  about  1.57  lakh  acres  of  Defence  land  situated  inside Cantonments  only  15.3856  acres  of  Defence  land  is  under  unauthorized occupation of State Governments and about 0.0079 acres of Defence land is under occupation of one Private Sector Company.  State / UT-wise list is enclosed as Annexure-'A'.

- (c) Instructions have been issued from time to time for regularization of unauthorized occupation of Defence land by State Government authorities and removal of encroachments by private parties.  While such cases have been taken up with the concerned State Governments for regularization of unauthorized  occupations  by  way  of  transfer  of  equal  value  land  in exchange, action for removal of encroachment by private sector company on Defence land has been initiated under the provisions of Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorized occupants) Act, 1971 and Cantonment Act, 2006.

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ANNEXURE-'A' REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 986 FOR ANSWER ON 4.12.2015

Details  of  Land  in  Cantonment  areas  under  occupation  of  State Government and Private Sector Companies:

| S. No.   | State           | Area (in acres) inside the Cantonment under unauthorized occupation of   | Area (in acres) inside the Cantonment under unauthorized occupation of   |
|----------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|          |                 | State Government authorities                                             | Private Sector Companies                                                 |
| 1.       | Bihar           | 0.4821                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 2.       | Gujarat         | 0                                                                        | 0.0079                                                                   |
| 3.       | Jammu & Kashmir | 0.3552                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 4.       | Jharkhand       | 0.6100                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 5.       | Kerala          | 0.1000                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 6.       | Madhya Pradesh  | 0.0454                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 7.       | Maharashtra     | 8.4000                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 8.       | Punjab          | 0.2193                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 9.       | Rajasthan       | 0.3770                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 10.      | Tamil Nadu      | 0.0680                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 11.      | Telangana       | 0.6029                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
| 12.      | Uttar Pradesh   | 4.1257                                                                   | 0                                                                        |
|          | Total:          | 15.3856                                                                  | 0.0079                                                                   |

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