Acting on a communique from National Security Council (NSC) Secretariat New Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Revenue Department has sought data from the Divisional Commissioners, Kashmir and Jammu on immovable properties of Kashmiri migrants, displaced in the wake of terror unleashed by Pak sponsored terrorists and Jihadi elements in early 90s. Subsequently, the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir has asked the Deputy Commissioners Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora, Anantnag, Pulwama and Shopian to furnish the information within three days. Accordingly, the Deputy Commissioners have forwarded the communication to Tehsildars and other concerned field officers to furnish the information as per the format set by the NSC.
The communique from the Deputy Secretary to Government, Revenue Department to the Divisional Commissioners on 24 January 2019 refers to the NSC communication No. 2/l/2019/NSCS(CSH57 dated January 14, 2019, seeking the data, which is required to be furnished to the NSC Secretariat on immediate basis. The Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, among others, has sought the information from subordinate offices yesterday by tagging the letter as ‘most urgent’.
The NSC is an executive government agency tasked with advising the Prime Minister’s Office on matters of national security and strategic interest. It was established by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government on 19 November 1998, with Brajesh Mishra as the first National Security Advisor. Currently Ajit Doval is the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister.
Besides the National Security Advisor (NSA), The Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA), the Ministers of Defence, External Affairs, Home, Finance of the Government of India, and the Deputy Chairman of the NITI Aayog are members of the National Security Council. 
The NSC communiqué has triggered numerous speculations among the Kashmiri migrants, especially Kashmir Pandits, as the voices of sale of their properties made since their migration as distress sales. Some KP activists have been claiming that they were left with no option but to sell their properties under duress and for fear of encroachments. 
In the wake of distress sales, the Jammu and Kashmir Government had on June 2, 1997 enacted The Jammu and Kashmir Migrant Immovable Property (Preservation, Protection and Restraint on Distress Sales) Act 1997.
Under the law, enacted during the tenure of Dr Farooq Abdullah as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, the District Magistrates were nominated as custodian of these properties and the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir was designated as authority for the grant of permission for alienation of the property.
Despite stringent procedures, the properties have been sold hugely due to presence of vicious circle of brokers in the Valley .

Courtesy:State Times,Jan30,2019