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27 Sep 2021

Our auspicious days
October 7 : Thursday: Navaratra aaramb.
October 11: Monday: Kumaarashashthi.
October 13: Wednesday: Durgaashtami.
October 15: Friday: Vijayadashami.
October 24: Sunday: Sankat nivaran Chaturthi.
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Smt. Moushumi Sharma, an Assamese girl, married to a K.P., currently living in U.K., wishes all Pann poshte (Pann mubarak). She commands a valuable understanding of Kashmiri Pandit culture and festivals. (Editor)
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Portal established for KP migrants
To help regain valley properties 
I congratulate the Government for having formulated a portal that will help Kashmiri migrants seek redress of their grievances regarding t the properties they left in Kashmir.
At the time the Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee to save their life and limbs and the respect of their womenfolk and daughters, most of them could not manage to carry with them documents pertaining to their properties. Some of them left the valley in just the clothes they were wearing. 
The new portal can be a blessings for them. On September 7 last, J&K L-G Manoj Sinha launched this portal. It will enable the migrants submit online grievances regarding their properties in Kashmir and secure time-bound redress. Sh. Sinha said that it will alleviate the plight of the migrant families. The subject matter of the relevance, to be filed through the website of J&K Relief Commissioner for Migrants, may range from correction of property records to demarcation and removal of encroachments, trespassing and alienation by way of fraud, distress, etc.
Complaints received on the portal will be disposed of in a fixed time-frame under the Public Services Guarantee Act, 2011, by the revenue authorities. Deputy commissioners have been given the authority to undertake field verification or survey of such properties within 15 days before submitting a compliance report to the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir. The district magistrate will take timely action for eviction, custody and restoration of encroached/forcibly-taken properties and initiate action against the violators. 
It will provide my sorrow-full conscience relief if my brothers and sisters make use of the portal and they are able to re-gain their properties. That can strengthen theirs — as also of the coming generations — emotional and cultural links with the valley.                                  —Sumeer  Chrungoo
9 ancestral Hindu properties restored in J&K: Centre
IANS: Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, on August 11, last, informed Rajya Sabha that nine properties of Hindus have been restored by the Jammu and Kashmir administration so far.
In a written reply to a star question Rai, citing the information provided by the government of Jammu and Kashmir, said, “Regarding restoration of properties to its rightful and original owner, 9 properties have been restored, as per the information provided by the Govt of Jammu & Kashmir”.
Asked about what steps the J&K Government was taking to restore the ancestral property of Hindus who had to flee from Kashmir in the wake of terrorist violence, the Minister said that under the J&K Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection & Restraint on Distress Sales) Act, 1997, the District Magistrates of the concerned districts in Jammu & Kashmir are the legal custodians of the immovable properties of migrants, who take suo moto action on eviction proceedings in cases of encroachment. The migrants can also request the District Magistrates in such cases.
He informed that after the abrogation of Article 370, a total of 520 migrants have returned to Kashmir for taking up jobs under the Prime Minister‘s Development Package-2015.
In reply to another question on whether the Government has altered the land laws of Jammu and Kashmir wherein no domicile or permanent resident certificate is required to purchase non-agricultural land in the UT, Rai informed that after August 5, 2019 all provisions of the Constitution of India have been made applicable to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir which necessitated changes in existing laws in Jammu and Kashmir by Adaptation Orders so as to conform with the provisions of the Constitution of India.
As per the adapted land laws of Jammu and Kashmir, the Government may, by notification in the official gazette, allow transfer of land for public purposes such as education, charitable and healthcare.
He said in his written reply that under the Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, 1950, the land was transferred to the tillers. The Act also prescribed a limit to right of ownership to 182 standard kanals (22.75 acres).
However, this Act has been repealed and another legislation, ‘The Jammu & Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976‘, for transfer of land to tillers, is in force. This Act prescribes a ceiling restriction of 100 standard kanals (12.5 acres).
Courtesy: Times of India, August 12. 2021
J&K non-agricultural land can be transferred to ‘outsiders’: Govt.
Bharti Jain / TNN : The home ministry, on August 11, last, told  Rajya Sabha that non-agricultural land in Jammu & Kashmir can be transferred to “outsiders” – or people who are not permanent residents or having J&K domicile – by the UT government only for educational, charitable and medical ventures.
“As per the adapted land laws of Jammu and Kashmir, the government may, by notification in the official gazette, allow transfer of land, for public purposes such as education, charitable purpose and healthcare,” minister of state for home Nityanand Rai said in reply to a question.
On August 10, the government had informed Lok Sabha that two ‘outsiders’ had purchased two properties in J&K since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.
Rai said that after August 5, 2019, all provisions of the Constitution of India were made applicable to J&K, which necessitated changes in existing laws in the UT by Adaptation Orders, so as to conform with the provisions of the Constitution.
Apart from adapting the land laws, the Jammu and Kashmir Big Landed Estates Abolition Act, 1950 – which transferred land to the tillers and prescribed a limit to right of ownership of 182 standard kanals (22.75 acres), was repealed. In its place, another legislation, i.e. The Jammu & Kashmir Agrarian Reforms Act, 1976, was brought for transfer of land to tillers which is in force. This Act prescribes ceiling restriction of 100 standard kanals (12.5 acres), Rai informed the House.
Courtesy: Times of India, August 12, 2021

R.L. Raina is Jaipur National University V-C
Prof. (Dr.) R.L. Raina, (originally from Trichal, Pulwama, J&K) took over as the Vice Chancellor of Jaipur National University, Jaipur, on August 27 after completing two consecutive terms as VC of JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur.
Dr. Raina has been a recipient, of many awards for his multifaceted contribution. He was, recently, presented with the Shiksha Ratan Samman, by”Mai Bharat Hun” on July 21, 2021 and was felicitated in the Guru Golwalkar Tribute to the Gurus of Aatmnirbhar Bharat Ceremony, organized by ReTHINK INDIA (Felicitation Partner upGrad; and Knowledge Partner Siddhi and Asli Shiksha), on the occasion of Guru Purnima, July 24, 2021.

They have left us
Samachar Bureau
Shambu Nath Bhatt ‘Haleem’
Sh. Shambu Nath Bhatt ‘Haleem’, broadcaster, Veda scholar, author, poet, Editor of the Kashmiri section of Koshur Samachar, attained nirvana on August 25 last.
Originally a resident of Arreh village of the Kulgam District of Kashmir, he had, after the KP exodus, settled in the Rohini area of Delhi.
Dr. P. L. Ganju 
Scientist, historian, writer, social worker Dr. P L Ganju left for his heavenly abode on 23rd August last at Vadodara. 
Baroda Kashmiri Sabha held a condolence meeting on August 24. Speaking at the function, President of the Sabha Rajiv Kaul said: “We, the members of the Executive Committee of KSB, on behalf of all the community members, pay our salutations and adoration to the departed soul. His mentoring and guidance to the Baroda-based KP community will be sorely missed. Everyone here joins me in our prayers for the family to bear the loss.”
In the passing of Dr. Ganju, the community has lost a humanitarian stalwart and Koshur Samachar a meticulous writer, with world-wide, world-deep knowledge and a racy, lucid, straight, crisp and penetrative pen.