Lucknow, June 4 -- In a major move with potentially far-reaching social and legal implications, the Uttar Pradesh Government is likely to grant land ownership rights to Pakistani refugees who have been living in the state for over seven decades.
A high-level committee headed by Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Anjaneya Kumar Singh has submitted its report to the State Government, recommending legal reforms that would enable these long-settled refugees to gain full proprietary rights over the land they currently occupy.
According to the report, nearly 20,000 refugee families, primarily Hindu and Sikh migrants who fled Pakistan during the 1947 Partition, currently inhabit approximately 50,000 acres of land across the districts of Rampur, B...