LAHORE: On the orders of Punjab Ombudsman retired Maj Azam Suleman Khan, 90 kanal and nine marla state land worth Rs31.32 millionhasbeenretrieved from illegal occupants in Jhang district.

In a statement issued here on Wednesday, the spokesman said the involvement of theombudsman office in the renewal of rent contracts of 581 shops of municipal committee, Mandi Bahauddin, has resulted in the yearly collection of Rs44.46m.

In another development, the provincial ombudsman interacted to resolve the 28-year-old issue of US-based Jawad Nasrullah by transferring the ownership of his one kanal plot of Rs12m to legal heirs, he said.

The monthly rent of commercial shopson hundreds of 1(anal state land in 18 Hazari tehsil of Jhang district has been assessed on the orders of the ombudsman office, which will give the government an annual benefit of Rs7.56m in terms of monthly rent.

The ombudsman office also moderated to give the possession of two kanal and three marla land worth about Rs9 million to complainant Muhammad Ajmal of Rajanpur. The encroached upon portion has also been retrieved on the complaint of Ghulam Abbas in Rajanpur, the spokesman concluded.