Srinagar, December 16, 2022 (PPI-OT):Hoteliers in Gulmarg, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, have been worried since the authorities came up with a notification ordering the outgoing lessees to immediately hand over the possession of the leased land to the authorities. According to Kashmir Media Service, a group of businessmen, including hoteliers, met Sheikh Ashiq, president of the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI), over the issue. “There is apprehension among the hoteliers that the authorities will sell the properties to outsiders and render them jobless. Our businessmen don’t have the financial muscle to compete with outsiders,” he said.

The KCCI President assured the stakeholders that the grievances would be taken up with the authorities. He said hotels in Gulmarg and Pahalgam were the most affected by the decision. According to the Jammu and Kashmir Land Grant Rules-2022 notified by the Revenue Department, all the outgoing lessees (except in the case of subsisting/expired leases for residential purposes) shall immediately handover the possession of the land taken on lease to the government, failing which the outgoing lessee shall be evicted as per the provisions of public premises (eviction of unauthorised occupant) Act, 1988.

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