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The minister said that mutation of shamlat land of Punjab was done “in collusion with private persons” in 1995. Punjab Local Government Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu Thursday said that efforts were being made by the state government to get the encroached on shamlat land on in the periphery of Chandigarh freed and that they had achieved some success in Kharar and Nayagaon. “Nayagaon Municipal Council via resolution 195 and 198 dated July 6, 2018, approved passing of building plans and issue of No-objection Certificates over shamlat land falling in its jurisdiction. About the encroached on land in Nadda village under Nayagaon Municipal Council, Sidhu said that for ownership of 1,200 kanal and seven marla land, the matter is being pursued with the district administration. “In case the status of shamlat land of the entire state is viewed, its value would be behemoth, probably matching the repayment of total loan of the state of Punjab,” he said..