Kundapur: Jawan Sudarshan Nayak Battles Miserably for Building License

Aishwarya Beejady
Daijiworld Media Network—Kundapur (RD)

Kundapur, Aug 29: It’s the miserable tale of Sudarshan Nayak, a native of Tekkatte, near here, who is employed as a jawan in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and stationed in Manipur.

The apathy of the local administration has meant that he is unable to construct his house on a plot approved under military quota in his native village.  Nayak has not been able to fulfil his cherished dream of owning a house for more than ten years due to the hassles of the village council.

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Sudarshan had approached the taluk panchayat court, district Magistrate’s court, and Kundapur Assistant Commissioner’s court since the orders that they had issued to grant a building license to Nayak had not been implemented by the gram panchayat which has been withholding the license disregarding the status of armed personnel.

Nayak had purchased a five cent housing plot under survey number 231 / 4 B (2) in Tekkatte village on June 17, 1999, under Karnataka Land Grants rule 18.  The housing plot lies besides a dirt road.  It’s been bought at a cost of Rs 5,000 per cent vide challan number 35 and the application for land conversion was made paying Rs 440.  The title deed has been issued in Nayak’s name.
He is the son of Janardhan and Rukmini Nayak, residing in Tekkatte, near here.  Nayak joined the armed forces after his II PUC in Tekkatte. He has been working with CRPF since the past 20 years.
 
Nayak served during the Godhra riots and has also bagged a commendation certificate from the United Kingdom for his duty as part of the peacekeeping force in Kosovo.  He has served in Tripura, Andhra Pradhesh, Mumbai, Secunderabad, and Chennai and presently serves in Manipur.  It’s indeed a pity that Nayak has not been issued a building license to construct his house.

Taluk Panchayat verdict:

The Taluk panchayat issued orders to Tekkatte gram panchayat to issue building license to Nayak on the basis of the High Court judgement.  It also instructed Tekkatte gram panchayat to revert within a week.  It sought and explanation from gram panchayat according to taluk panchayat chief executive officer.

No consensus:

The building license was not issued mainly because 10 gram panchayat members did not support the decision of gram panchayat development officer, president, and vice-president.

Panchayat Raj analyst and lawyer T B Shetty said that it’s a clear case disregarding the High Court judgement.  Tekkatte gram panchyat had a chance to clarify their stand on the case.

“I am miserable since I was not even treated as an Indian national.  I have purchased the housing plot and not encroached.  I am fed up of the mental torture caused by the gram panchayat.  Although, the courts have given judgement in my favour, the gram panchayat has been harassing me. I will continue my struggle till I get justice from gram panchayat,” added Nayak.