Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen asked to vacate land by Visva-Bharati University by May 6   

VBU has issued an eviction order to Amartya Sen for allegedly occupying 13 decimals of land
Picture Courtesy: TNIE
Picture Courtesy: TNIE

West Bengal's Visva Bharati University in a recent issuance of an eviction order, has asked Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to vacate the 13 decimals of land which, according to them, he has been allegedly occupying in an unauthorised manner, by May 6 or within 15 days of the publication of the last order on April 19 according to the report by PTI.

Contending as per Government of India advisories and Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) reports, the century-old central institution was in urgent need of gaining control of encroachments and also submit a report to the ministry, the notice said, "Amartya Kumar Sen and all concerned persons are liable to be evicted from the said premises, if need be, by use of such force as may be necessary."

"It is decided that 13 decimals of land having the dimension of 50 ft x 111 ft in the north-west corner of the scheduled premises is to be recovered from him. Thus he can lawfully occupy 1.25 acres of land only, as lesses (for the residual period of lease) in the scheduled premises. He does not have the authority to occupy 1.38 acres of land in the scheduled premises," the notice issued by Joint Registrar Asish Mahato said.

The previous notice

The central university had issued another notice to Amartya Sen, whose ancestral house Pratichi in Santiniketan is inhabited by him during his stay in Santiniketan. The authorities claim that they had given him time till April 19 to respond to the missive and vacate the "unauthorised" portion of land or face necessary action otherwise.

The varsity had maintained that Sen's reply to earlier show cause was fallacious, factually incorrect and Visva Bharati was the rightful owner of all these lands which had been encroached upon in past years including the 13 decimal land occupied by Sen.

Although there is a different point to the argument. Amartya Sen has repeatedly trashed the charge saying while the 1.25 acres of land had been leased by Visva Bharati to his father for a certain period the contentious 13 decimals were bought by his father and he has all the necessary documents to prove the same.  

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