6 April 2012
statesman news service
GTA land issue: Committee to meet on 20 April
SILIGURI, 6
APRIL: In order to expedite the land transfer process involving the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), the high-power committee,
headed by Mr Justice (retd) Shyamal Sen will meet in Kolkata on 20
April. Senior GJMM leader LB Pariyar, who is also a member of the
high-power committee, said the agenda was yet to be decided. Notably, Mr
Sen met the state home secretary and the district magistrates of
Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling on 27 March in Kolkata.
Mr Sen is understood to have asked the two district magistrates to furnish details involving the mouja-specific maps based on latest Census reports. Mr Pariyar said he had not yet been informed about the spot verification by the committee. “I have no idea when the verification process will begin. All I can say is that the district magistrates have been asked to provide data-based information about the moujas which will help the committee to differentiate the Gorkha and Adivasi majority areas across the Terai and the Dooars,” he said. He also said the mouja map and the Census report should be considered as determinants in identifying the lands to be included into the GTA territory. “Language can be a determining factor too in the land identification process,” he added. Another member of the committee and a GJMM leader based in Terai, Mr Shankar Adhikari, claimed that several hundred moujas will be included in the GTA.
Mr Sen is understood to have asked the two district magistrates to furnish details involving the mouja-specific maps based on latest Census reports. Mr Pariyar said he had not yet been informed about the spot verification by the committee. “I have no idea when the verification process will begin. All I can say is that the district magistrates have been asked to provide data-based information about the moujas which will help the committee to differentiate the Gorkha and Adivasi majority areas across the Terai and the Dooars,” he said. He also said the mouja map and the Census report should be considered as determinants in identifying the lands to be included into the GTA territory. “Language can be a determining factor too in the land identification process,” he added. Another member of the committee and a GJMM leader based in Terai, Mr Shankar Adhikari, claimed that several hundred moujas will be included in the GTA.
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