LAHORE: On the order of the Punjab Ombudsman retired Maj. Azam Suleman Khan, the transfer deeds of 30 kanals and 12 marles of land in Jhang worth Rs61.2 million have been corrected after a delay of 15 years.
A spokesman for the Office of the Ombudsman said in a statement issued here on Wednesday that one Muhammad Abdullah from Jhang filed a complaint that the staff of the concerned land record centre are reluctant to process the mutation deeds in their record as mutation deeds of land acquired for the construction of the bypass was wrongly recorded.
The continuous interposition of the ombudsman office resulted in the much-awaited rectification of the issue of land owners lying unresolved since 2007-8, the spokesman added.
Meanwhile, the involvement of the ombudsman office in another case has resulted in handing over possession of a ten-marla plot to Zafar Haleem of Lahore, having a market value of Rs7.5 million.
Meanwhile, two alternate plots of 10 marlas each have been allotted by Lahore Development Authority (LDA) to another plaintiff Abdul Rauf Butt of Johar Town after the involvement of the ombudsman office, the spokesman noted.
As a result of action on a separate application of Parveen Munawar of Kasur, an eight Kanal green belt of Rs104 million has also been retrieved from illegal occupants by the administration, the spokesman added.
