Land transferred under Roshni Act to retrieved within 6 months: Govt

The government also said complete identities of influential persons, and their relatives holding benami for them, who have derived benefit under the Roshni Act will be made public. The Jammu and Kashmir government has cancelled all land transfers that took place under the Jammu and Kashmir State Land (Vesting of Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001 — also known as the Roshni Act — under which 20 lakh kanals or 2.5 lakh acres of land was to be transferred to the existing occupants. The government order, Saturday, was taken by…

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