Justice served! UP Govt takes back Azam Khan's Jauhar University land after HC order

Lucknow, Sept 10: The Uttar Pradesh government has taken back more than 70.05 hectares of land from Mohammad Ali Jauhar University run by Maulana Muhammad Ali Jauhar Trust headed by Samajwadi party MP Azam Khan.

 

The authorities of the Rampur administration had arrived at the University on Thursday and formally took possession of the entire land. It should be noted that the Trust is headed by Azam Khan himself, while his wife, Rampur MLA Tanzeen Fatima is the secretary.

 

This comes as the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a petition against proceedings to take over the university land initiated by the Uttar Pradesh Government for non-adherence to certain conditions on which the land for the institution was granted to the Trust in 2005.

 

 

The Tehsil team reached the university on Thursday and evicted the Trust along with the land. Pramod Kumar, Tehsildar, Sadar, said, "Rampur district administration took back more than 70 hectares of land from Jauhar University yesterday for which an appeal was made in the high court. This appeal was rejected by the high court following which officials came here for possession and interference."

 

 

"The Vice-Chancellor was asked to sign the eviction documents but he refused to intervene. So as per the legal procedure, the action of eviction of land was taken in the presence of two witnesses and the police," he added.

 

The Rampur district administration had ordered the taking over of the land in January itself. However, the Trust had approached the High Court against the district administration’s decision. In current situation, Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Khan are lodged at Sitapur district jail and are facing several cases.