Dimapur GBs Union has urged Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dimapur to issue directive to officials that GBs of the area concerned are informed while conducting spot verifications and surveys of land.
In an open letter to Deputy Commissioner Dimapur on Thursday, Dimapur GBs Union president, M. V Ngullie and acting secretary, Rangau, highlighted the prevailing practice within Dimapur district where GBs of the area concerned were not normally informed when survey and spot verification were conducted by surveyors or mondals for mutation and transfer of ownership of land.
The union said the practice was on despite the fact that the area/colony GBs were well aware of the factual position and status of a particular plot/area.
“That however, due to non-inclusion of the concerned area/colony GBs while conducting spot verification, apparently there has been many disputes and under such circumstances, the GBs could not effectively play an active role to settle the matter in dispute,” the letter pointed out.
The union said that having deliberated on the existing random and unauthenticated practice in respect of spot survey, the GBs were of the strong opinion that GBs of the area/colony concerned should be included so that the GBs, who were well aware of the factual positions, could effectively assist the surveyors in conducting spot surveys and avoid complication and disputes in the process of transfer of land, title and ownership.
Further, the Dimapur GBs Union, has asked the deputy commissioner Dimapur to look into the matter on merit and on priority for the common interest and to evade any disputes.