HC presses for a ‘Practical’ Gauchar Policy
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- Thursday, 09 August 2012 04:49
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Gujarat Global News Network, Ahmedabad
Worried over the increasing number of Public Interest Litigations (PIL) filed in the court over allotment of gauchar (grazing) land for public use, the Gujarat High Court has suggested that the government evolve a policy that is workable, practical and serves the interest of all.
The bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice JB Pardiwala raised their doubts about the extent to which the government is able to adhere to and follow the norms as laid down under current policy.
The bench said that state government should, from time to time, review its resolutions and amend them. The bench said that even if the total cattle population in Gujarat is very high, not all the cattle in a village can be counted for the purpose of maintaining minimum 'gauchar' land.Â
It had been to the notice of the court that government resolution and circulars regarding allocation of gauchar land to parties and ratio of cattle in the concerned villages, provided for different provisions.Â
The court made these remarks after it found that the government resolution and circulars regarding allocation of gauchar land to parties and ratio of cattle in the concerned villages, provided for different provisions.Â
The court was hearing a PIL filed by residents of Mahi village in Vadgam taluka of Banaskantha district, objecting to the government allotting grazing land to two individuals.Â
These two individuals had lost land in the Mukteshwar reservoir project. The petitioner villagers had stated that allotment of gauchar land to the two individuals would affect a large number of cattle in their village.
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