Yupia: Papum Pare deputy commissioner, Cheechung Chukhu, has issued an official order declaring all activities related to unauthorized sale, purchase, or gifting of land within the demarcated area of Yupia Township as “illegal and void.”
This directive from the DC comes in response to reports highlighting instances where “individuals asserting land ownership have been identified as facilitating unauthorized land sales through the use of gift deeds within the jurisdiction of Yupia headquarters/township area.”
The official order also draws attention to the prevalence of “unauthorized construction and land development activities undertaken by several individuals within the confines of the township area, even encroaching upon government-owned land.”
The Yupia township area holds the official designation of government-owned land, a generous contribution made by the public, and was formally declared as such through Government notification no. GA (8)36/89, dated December 17, 1994, as cited in the deputy commissioner’s order.
The order makes it explicit that any violations of this directive will result in the initiation of legal proceedings under ‘The Arunachal Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 2003,’ in conjunction with relevant penal provisions outlined in IPC/CrPC and other applicable Acts/laws.
Residents have also been instructed to cease all forms of unauthorized land development or construction activities within the boundaries of the Yupia township area.
“Violation of the order will invoke the provisions of Section 3(1) of the Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014 (APUAPA),” the notification from the DC read.
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