Parliament asked for order to grant land plots from Nolhivaram

Parliament Committee on Oversight of the Government has forwarded a report to the parliament floor, recommending the parliament to issue an order upon Haa Dhaalu Nolhivaram Council, forcing them to grant certain plots of land that have been allocated for the people on the island.

The order was initially requested by a petition signed by 460 residents of Haa Dhaalu Nolhivaram. The issue, presented to the parliament committee through Kulhudhuffushi-North MP Abdul Gafoor Moosa, claims the island’s council to be withholding 172 plots of land that have been allocated, and by right, should be granted to the respective people who had won the plots.

Following a review of the petition’s claims, the report by the government oversight committee states that the former Ministry of Housing and Environment clearly had allowed permission to the island council to grant the plots to the winners. The report also states that the Nolhivaram Court had issued an order upon the island council in September last year, ordering them allow the plots, and notes another letter from the current Ministry of Housing Infrastructure in February this year, also ordering the council to grant the plots.

The committee report concludes that, reflecting on the statements and documents presented by the parties summoned to the committee during their review of the case, the committee does not believe that there exists any obstruction for the island council to grant the plots to the rightful people.

It also orders the island council to hand over the 172 plots within 30 days from the date the report is passed by parliament. The report was passed by 6 votes in favour, a unanimous stand by all 6 MPs who attended the committee meeting.

Parliament regulation and customs require 6 out of 11 votes in favour for parliament committee recommendation for such an order to be passed onto the parliament floor.