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Dalit Families of Koharka continue their protest to demand possession of common lands in Punjab

Reported by

Dilraj Singh

Legal Review by

Anmol Gupta, Mukta Joshi

Edited by

Radhika Chatterjee

Updated by

Published on

February 23, 2023

March 1, 2023

Edited on

February 23, 2023

State

Punjab

Sector

Land Use

People Affected by Conflict

Households Affected by Conflict

40

Land Area Affected (in Hectares)

ha

Starting Year

2022

Location of Conflict

Koharka

Block Koharka

Tarn Taran

Reason or Cause of Conflict

Caste-based Conflict

Land Conflict Summary

In September, 2021, Punjab’s former Chief Minister, Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi held his first cabinet meeting and announced that the State Government would roll out a series of pro-poor initiatives from 2nd October, 2021. One of these included the simplification of the process for allotment of 5 marla plots from village common land to beneficiaries. This would also include the homeless and poor Scheduled Caste (Dalit) populations residing in villages as per the provisions of Rule 13-A of The Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Rules, 1964.

Subsequently, the application process for having marla plots allotted began throughout Punjab. Forty Dalit families of Koharka village in Naushehra Pannuan block of Tarn Taran district had also applied for this. The Deputy Commissioner accepted the applications and marked the matter to Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO)  for further action.

In September 2021, following BDPO’s orders, the gram panchayat of Koharka passed a resolution declaring that a list of beneficiaries will be prepared as per the applications already given to the district administration. And that 5 marla plots measuring 125 square yards were to be be allotted from the village common land to such beneficiaries.

However, with the change in Government after the State Assembly Elections in March,2022, the gram panchayat advertised the whole cultivable village common land for fresh auction in May, 2022, without reserving any land for allocation of 5 Marla plots.

The 40 Dalit families who were applicants for these 5 Marla plots objected to this action. They demanded that the process of allotting 5 Marla plots by completed as initiated under the previous State Government's orders. When their concerns were not addressed, they sat on a protest on the village common land for an indefinite period, starting from 9th May, 2022. This protest continues to this day. The protest is being supported by the Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan (DDVA) which is a leading organisation fighting for Dalit’s land rights and socio-economic rights in North India, especially Punjab.

The protesting families also wrote to the Deputy Commissioner alleging that they were being unduly pressurised by the Gram Panchayat along with other politically influential people of the locality to end their protest.

LCW was informed by the affected families and leaders of DDVA that the Panchayat had swapped SC quota cultivable common land with the General quota land without following existing rules. They alleged that after the two were swapped, the Panchayat auctioned off the lands in May 2022. The local BDPO also issued a show cause notice to the protesting families which saying that they were occupying the village common land illegally. However, the District Administration is giving no clear reply as to whether the State Government has discontinued the 5 Marla Plot scheme started by the previous Government or not.

To address the above swapping of lands, the protesting families had filed a complaint with the District Collector's (DC) office, Tarn Taran demanding that a probe committee headed by an Sub Divisional Magistrate rank's officer may be set up to enquire the matter and a fresh auction of the entire village common land must take place on the basis of report presented by the above committee. They demanded that such report should be prepared after thorough inspection of village’s land maps and land records. However, the DC Office has not taken any step so far to address this issue.

After they did they not receive any response from the DC office, the 40 affected families filed a complaint with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) in July 2022.

In October 2022, two incidents occurred in Koharka village, which made the situation volatile. A Dalit youth suffered burn injuries when the field he was working on was set on fire for stubble burning by upper caste landlords. Dalit youth of the village lodged a complaint to the police against the perpetrators. On the following day, upper caste landlords of the village mobilised members of their community to the protesting site. They attached the site by burning the tent that was erected by the protestors. The women present at the site were also alleged to have been abused.

In November 2022, the 40 affected Dalit families wrote another letter to the NCSC to seek its urgent intervention in the matter. The NCSC issued a notice to the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Tarn Taran to share a report of the action taken by them on the matter.

The core question that protestors now have is this: how can a process that was initiated on the orders of the State Government in accordance with the state land laws, and approved by multiple state agencies, be declared illegal without a written and reasoned order by the present State Government or District Administration?

Fact Sheet

Demand/Contention of the Affected Community

Complaint against procedural violations

Demand for promised land

Other Demand/Contention of the Affected Community

Region Classification

Rural

Type of Land

Common

Type of Common Land

Non-Forest (Other than Grazing Land)

What was the action taken by the police?

How many people did the police detain or arrest?

What is the current status of the detained/accused persons?

Did the person face any violence while in police custody?

Did the person face any violence while in police custody?

If any arrests took place, were the accused persons produced before a judge within 24 hours of the arrest?

If the accused was not produced before a magistrate within 24 hours, or not produced at all, what were the reasons?

Legislation under which the accused was charged

Was the accused person informed of their right to legal representation? Did the accused person have access to legal aid?

In cases where the accused person approached the court for bail, was bail granted?

Why was bail granted or rejected? If granted, what were the bail conditions and quantum of bail?

Were there any other notable irregularities that took place, or other significant details?

Details of sources (names of accused, names and numbers of any lawyers, names of any police officers contacted)

Status of Project

Original Project Deadline

Whether the Project has been Delayed

Significance of Land to Land Owners/Users

"Agricultural land, Residential area"

Whether the project was stalled due to land conflict

Source/Reference

Total investment involved (in Crores):

Type of investment:

Year of Estimation

Page Number In Investment Document:

Has the Conflict Ended?

No

When did it end?

Why did the conflict end?

Legal Data

Categories of Legislations Involved in the Conflict

Legislations/Policies Involved

Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961
Section 5 [Excess land vested with Panchayat must be used for the settlement of landless tenants. The State government may ensure compliance of this provision and issue directions to Panchayat.]
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964
Rule 13A [Gram Panchayat, with prior approval of government, allot shamlat deh land to landless workers residing in the village area for housing purposes. Such land cannot be sold by landless workers.]
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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Whether claims/objections were made as per procedure in the relevant statute

Yes

What was the claim(s)/objection(s) raised by the community?

Community members have written to the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Deputy Commissioner, and Senior Superintendent of Police of Tarn Taran. They want the district and sub-district administration to complete the process of allotment of 5 Marla Plots to Scheduled Caste residents of village. This process was started by the previous State Government as per Rule 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Rules, 1964.

What was the Decision of the Concerned Government Department?

State officials have not replied to various representations made by the affected families.

Legal Processes and Loopholes Enabling the Conflict:

Land record discrepancies

Delay in allottment and possession of land/property

Lack of legal protection over land rights

Legal Status:

Out of Court

Status of Case In Court

Whether any adjudicatory body was approached

Yes

Name of the adjudicatory body

National Commission For Scheduled Castes

Name(s) of the Court(s)

Case Number

Yet to be allotted

Main Reasoning/Decision of court

Major Human Rights Violations Related to the Conflict:

Physical attack

Whether criminal law was used against protestors:

No

Reported Details of the Violation:

The tent erected at the protesting site was set on fire by upper caste landlords of the area. The women who were at the protest site at that time were abused.

Date of Violation

October 28, 2022

Location of Violation

Tarn Taran

Additional Information

Nature of Protest

No items found.

Government Departments Involved in the Conflict:

Panchayat and Rural Development Department

PSUs Involved in the Conflict:

Did LCW Approach Government Authorities for Comments?

Name, Designation and Comment of the Government Authorities Approached

Corporate Parties Involved in the Conflict:

Did LCW Approach Corporate Parties for Comments?

Communities/Local Organisations in the Conflict:

Dalit residents of Koharka

Information on the use of criminal law

What was the action taken by the police?

How many people did the police detain or arrest?

What is the current status of the detained/accused persons?

Did the person face any violence while in police custody?

If any arrests took place, were the accused persons produced before a judge within 24 hours of the arrest?

If the accused was not produced before a magistrate within 24 hours, or not produced at all, what were the reasons?

Legislation under which the accused was charged

Was the accused person informed of their right to legal representation? Did the accused person have access to legal aid?

In cases where the accused person approached the court for bail, was bail granted?

Why was bail granted or rejected? If granted, what were the bail conditions and quantum of bail?

Were there any other notable irregularities that took place, or other significant details?

Resources

Resources Related to Conflict

  • News Articles Related to the Conflict:
  • Documents Related to the Conflict:
  • Links Related to the Conflict:

Images

40 Dalit Families sitting on protest on Village Commonland in Koharka, Tarn Taran.

Image Credit:  

Pawanjot Kaur

Deployment of Police force to avoid violent clash on day of auction

Image Credit:  

Pawanjot Kaur

Video

Pawanjot Kaur

In September, 2021, Punjab’s former Chief Minister, Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi held his first cabinet meeting and announced that the State Government would roll out a series of pro-poor initiatives from 2nd October, 2021. One of these included the simplification of the process for allotment of 5 marla plots from village common land to beneficiaries. This would also include the homeless and poor Scheduled Caste (Dalit) populations residing in villages as per the provisions of Rule 13-A of The Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Rules, 1964.

Subsequently, the application process for having marla plots allotted began throughout Punjab. Forty Dalit families of Koharka village in Naushehra Pannuan block of Tarn Taran district had also applied for this. The Deputy Commissioner accepted the applications and marked the matter to Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO)  for further action.

In September 2021, following BDPO’s orders, the gram panchayat of Koharka passed a resolution declaring that a list of beneficiaries will be prepared as per the applications already given to the district administration. And that 5 marla plots measuring 125 square yards were to be be allotted from the village common land to such beneficiaries.

However, with the change in Government after the State Assembly Elections in March,2022, the gram panchayat advertised the whole cultivable village common land for fresh auction in May, 2022, without reserving any land for allocation of 5 Marla plots.

The 40 Dalit families who were applicants for these 5 Marla plots objected to this action. They demanded that the process of allotting 5 Marla plots by completed as initiated under the previous State Government's orders. When their concerns were not addressed, they sat on a protest on the village common land for an indefinite period, starting from 9th May, 2022. This protest continues to this day. The protest is being supported by the Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan (DDVA) which is a leading organisation fighting for Dalit’s land rights and socio-economic rights in North India, especially Punjab.

The protesting families also wrote to the Deputy Commissioner alleging that they were being unduly pressurised by the Gram Panchayat along with other politically influential people of the locality to end their protest.

LCW was informed by the affected families and leaders of DDVA that the Panchayat had swapped SC quota cultivable common land with the General quota land without following existing rules. They alleged that after the two were swapped, the Panchayat auctioned off the lands in May 2022. The local BDPO also issued a show cause notice to the protesting families which saying that they were occupying the village common land illegally. However, the District Administration is giving no clear reply as to whether the State Government has discontinued the 5 Marla Plot scheme started by the previous Government or not.

To address the above swapping of lands, the protesting families had filed a complaint with the District Collector's (DC) office, Tarn Taran demanding that a probe committee headed by an Sub Divisional Magistrate rank's officer may be set up to enquire the matter and a fresh auction of the entire village common land must take place on the basis of report presented by the above committee. They demanded that such report should be prepared after thorough inspection of village’s land maps and land records. However, the DC Office has not taken any step so far to address this issue.

After they did they not receive any response from the DC office, the 40 affected families filed a complaint with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) in July 2022.

In October 2022, two incidents occurred in Koharka village, which made the situation volatile. A Dalit youth suffered burn injuries when the field he was working on was set on fire for stubble burning by upper caste landlords. Dalit youth of the village lodged a complaint to the police against the perpetrators. On the following day, upper caste landlords of the village mobilised members of their community to the protesting site. They attached the site by burning the tent that was erected by the protestors. The women present at the site were also alleged to have been abused.

In November 2022, the 40 affected Dalit families wrote another letter to the NCSC to seek its urgent intervention in the matter. The NCSC issued a notice to the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police of Tarn Taran to share a report of the action taken by them on the matter.

The core question that protestors now have is this: how can a process that was initiated on the orders of the State Government in accordance with the state land laws, and approved by multiple state agencies, be declared illegal without a written and reasoned order by the present State Government or District Administration?

Demand/Contention of the Affected Community

Complaint against procedural violations

Demand for promised land

Other Demand/Contention of the Affected Community

Region Classification

Rural

Type of Land

Common

Type of Common Land

Non-Forest (Other than Grazing Land)

Total investment involved (in Crores):

Type of investment:

Year of Estimation

Page Number In Investment Document:

Has the Conflict Ended?

No

When did it end?

Why did the conflict end?

Categories of Legislations Involved in the Conflict

Legislations/Policies Involved

Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961
Section 5 [Excess land vested with Panchayat must be used for the settlement of landless tenants. The State government may ensure compliance of this provision and issue directions to Panchayat.]
Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964
Rule 13A [Gram Panchayat, with prior approval of government, allot shamlat deh land to landless workers residing in the village area for housing purposes. Such land cannot be sold by landless workers.]
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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Whether claims/objections were made as per procedure in the relevant statute

Yes

What was the claim(s)/objection(s) raised by the community?

Community members have written to the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Deputy Commissioner, and Senior Superintendent of Police of Tarn Taran. They want the district and sub-district administration to complete the process of allotment of 5 Marla Plots to Scheduled Caste residents of village. This process was started by the previous State Government as per Rule 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Rules, 1964.

What was the Decision of the Concerned Government Department?

State officials have not replied to various representations made by the affected families.

Legal Processes and Loopholes Enabling the Conflict:

Land record discrepancies

Delay in allottment and possession of land/property

Lack of legal protection over land rights

Legal Status:

Out of Court

Status of Case In Court

Whether any adjudicatory body was approached

Yes

Name of the adjudicatory body

National Commission For Scheduled Castes

Name(s) of the Court(s)

Case Number

Yet to be allotted

Main Reasoning/Decision of court

Major Human Rights Violations Related to the Conflict:

Physical attack

Whether criminal law was used against protestors:

No

Reported Details of the Violation:

The tent erected at the protesting site was set on fire by upper caste landlords of the area. The women who were at the protest site at that time were abused.

Date of Violation

October 28, 2022

Location of Violation

Tarn Taran

Nature of Protest

No items found.

Government Departments Involved in the Conflict:

Panchayat and Rural Development Department

PSUs Involved in the Conflict:

Did LCW Approach Government Authorities for Comments?

Name, Designation and Comment of the Government Authorities Approached

Corporate Parties Involved in the Conflict:

Did LCW Approach Corporate Parties for Comments?

Communities/Local Organisations in the Conflict:

Dalit residents of Koharka

Resources Related to Conflict

  • News Articles Related to the Conflict:
  • Documents Related to the Conflict:
  • Links Related to the Conflict:
40 Dalit Families sitting on protest on Village Commonland in Koharka, Tarn Taran.

40 Dalit Families sitting on protest on Village Commonland in Koharka, Tarn Taran.

Image Credit:  

Pawanjot Kaur

40 Dalit Families sitting on protest on Village Commonland in Koharka, Tarn Taran.

Deployment of Police force to avoid violent clash on day of auction

Image Credit:  

Pawanjot Kaur

Pawanjot Kaur

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