ISLAMABAD: Some officials of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in connivance with a property dealer tried to deprive four citizens of their residential plots in 1-12.

In their complaints lodged with the civic agency, Naseer Ahmed, Raja Abdul Rehman, Munir Ahmed and Shamshad Begum claimed that they had been allotted plot umber 395,1083, 811and 684 (30x60 feet each) in I-12 against their ancestral land acquired by the CDA.

They said a property dealer had fraudulently got their signatures and obtained their allotment letters from the CDA. They said the CDA officials also issued succession certificates for the plots but changed the sects of the original owners.

Furthermore, the property dealer got the non-demand certificate (NDC) from the CDA on Dec 18, 2017. The NDC is required for transferring a plot from the owner to their successors.

Property dealer fraudulently got our signatures and obtained the allotment letters from CDA, complainants claim

After receiving the complaints, the security directorate of the CDA confirmed the violations in the allotment of the plots in a fact-finding inquiry report prepared by it on May 12, 2018.

Though the inquiry report did not mention the date of the allotment of the plots, sources said the plots were probably allotted last year.

The inquiry report said during the probe it transpired that the applicants had submitted an application to the land directorate on March 14, 2016, along with the relevant documents for the allotment of plots against their 46 kanal and four marla land in Mouza Jaba Tehli which was acquired by the CDA.

The CDA had acquired the inherited land of the locals and according to rules they were entitled to get plots in residential sectors as compensation.

According to the applicants, they did not submit any affidavits for issuance of succession certificates (warast nama) nor appeared before any revenue department official (naib tehsildar).

They also never submitted any application for getting the NDC.

But even then, the case of the four persons was processed and the four plots were allotted against their acquired land.

During the inquiry, when the applicants were asked if their mother belonged to Shia sect as mentioned in the Warast Nama, they replied in the negative.

“It has been proved that they have not received allotment letters nor they had submitted an application for the NDC,” the report said.

During the inquiry, a sub-assistant of the CDA, Mukhtar Ali, confessed that he had handed over the allotment letters to a man identified as Farhan even though he had no authority letter from the complainants.

“Keeping in view the above, it has been proved that allotment letters of said plots were delivered by CDA sub-assistant to a private person. Further, a naib tehsildar, had firstly issued Warast Nama in favour of Mohammad Jan and after that in favour of Naseer Ahmed, Shamshad Begum and others but rules were not followed.”

Even the matter was not advertised in the press, it added.

“Naib tehsildar stated that Shamshad Begum (deceased) belonged to the Shia sect while according to her son she was not Shia. It has also been proved that the NDC was issued on Dec 18, 2017, but allottees did not appear in the one-window operation.

“If agreed by competent authority, necessary action against the CDA officials and private person may be initiated.”

When contacted, CDA’s Member Estate Khushal Khan said action would be taken against the officials concerned in accordance with rules and regulations.

“At the moment, I have no idea about the inquiry in question as long as I remember I guess I have sought a reply from the alleged guilty officials,” he said.

Some CDA officials said during the last a few years several plots had been allotted to those whose land was acquired in the old real estate (mouzas) in a doubtful way.

In many cases, even those who had already been allotted land in Punjab in the 60s, 70s and 80s against their land acquired by CDA in Islamabad were shown as being allotted plots in I-11 and I-12 and other developed.

“A proper inquiry should be held to ascertain if wrongdoing had been committed during the last few years,” said the official who requested not to be named.

Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2018