New Rule On Land Lease In Jammu And Kashmir Has Hoteliers In A Bind
NDTV
The Union Territory Administration has asked owners of leased properties to hand over possession immediately, failing which they shall be evicted.
Hundreds of businesses in Jammu and Kashmir, including almost all the hotels at the skiing resort Gulmarg, are facing threat of imminent closure after a new land law ended user rights of owners on leased government land. The Union Territory Administration has asked owners of leased properties to hand over possession immediately, failing which they shall be evicted.
The government has refused to renew the lease of the land and decided to outsource it through online auction.
According to the J&K Land Grant Rules, 2022 which had replaced J&K Land Grants Rules, 1960, land can be leased for education, healthcare, tourism, skill development and recreational purposes. It can also be given to ex-servicemen, war widows, families of deprived categories, migrant workers, building and construction workers and sufferers of natural calamities.
According to the new rules, outgoing lessees will be paid for any structure built on the land, "provided the lessee has not violated any of the conditions of the lease".
