LAHORE: In response to public grievances about the illegal occupation of government lands, the Punjab Ombudsman, Maj. (R) Azam Suleman Khan, ordered the reclamation of three properties in different districts with a total value of Rs. 13.6 million.
The properties include a 40,837.5 square feet plot in Sargodha worth Rs. 3.5 million, a 2,994.76 square feet plot in Jhang valued at Rs. 7 million, and a 34,848 square feet plot in Burewala tehsil with a market value of Rs. 3.1 million.
In addition to these properties, the Sialkot administration has returned possession of a 5,445 square feet plot worth Rs. 14 million to its rightful owner, Farnaz Jillani, following his appeal to the ombudsman’s office.
Furthermore, the ombudsman’s office ensured that the ownership of 114,889.5 square feet of lands belonging to Muhammad Maqsood of Pasrur tehsil was accurately documented in the revenue record, which had a market value of over Rs. 5.5 million.
Moreover, the assistant commissioner of Pasrur has initiated a departmental inquiry against a patwari for issuing the wrong fard badar (proof of ownership) under the Punjab Employees, Efficiency, Discipline, and Accountability (Peeda) Act, 2006.
Besides, the Punjab Housing and Town Planning Agency (PHATA) also granted possession of an 816.752 square feet plot in Dera Ghazi Khan to Sobia Iqbal, a complainant based in Multan, following the intervention of the ombudsman’s office.
