Port Blair, June 07: Truck bearing Registration No. AN 01 P 1476 and two nos of excavators one of make, TATA were seized by the revenue officials which were indulged in illegal earth cutting and transportation in violation of A & N Islands Minor Mineral Rules, 2012. Around 100 Cbm (approx) of earth from land classified as Hilly situated at Sippighat Village recorded in favour of Kunal Kumar Paul, S/o Amarnath Paul and 25 Others was extracted and have been transported and dumped upon another land situated at Sippighat Village recorded in favour of Gulab Devi, W/o Puran Lall.
Under the sections of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Land Revenue and Land Reforms Regulation 1966, fine amount calculated at Rs. 1,10,000/- (Rupees One Lakh Ten Thousand Only) have been imposed upon the violators.
In yet another case one Shri Sashank Puria, S/o Late M. K. Puria, R/o Minie Bay has extracted approximately 100 Cbm without permission of Competent Authority from the land classified as hilly situated at Village Namunaghar.
Under the sections of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Land Revenue and Land Reforms Regulation 1966, fine amount calculated at Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty Thousand Only) have been imposed upon the violator.
The Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman has warned unscrupulous elements involved in illegal extraction and violation of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Land Revenue and Land Reforms Regulation 1966 to desist from indulging in such acts in future failing which stern action would be taken against them.
