Following the death of Sajeevan who committed suicide unable to remove the agricultural land tag from his 4 cents of land under the paddy land conversion scheme, District Collector Jafar Malik visited his house to hand over the corrected documents.
As per reports, Sajeevan and his family lived in a house constructed on four cents of land. He borrowed money from a private chit company mortgaging his house. When the payment for the loan expired, he decided to apply for a loan from another bank.
He then borrowed money, paid off the loan amount to the chit company and got back the title deeds of the house. However, when the title deed was produced as collateral in the bank for another loan, it was found that this property was included in the data bank thereby hindering the loan process and the desired loan amount.
Following this, he approached Moothakunnam Village Office, Paravur Taluk Office and Fort Kochi RDO several times during the last one and half years to convert his land title under the paddy land conversion scheme. Unable to get justice, he committed suicide after attending the RDO office in Fort Kochi.
The Joint Commissioner of Land Revenue is investigating whether there was any negligence on the part of the concerned officials in delaying the decision on Sajeev’s application. Revenue Minister added that if there was any lapse on the part of the officials, strict action would be taken.
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