| A West Coast Berbice rice farmer is blaming the slothful nature of the justice system for the delay in him occupying and cultivating several acres of rice land which he believes was wrongfully repossessed by the Mahaica,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Mahaicony Abary (MMA) authority.Narine Ramlochan,Fernando Rodney Jersey, of Number 30 Village, West Berbice, is also frustrated by the police inaction to enforce the order of the court, despite several appeals including a letter to the Commissioner of Police.He said that he was chased off the land and threatened with death by another farmer against whom he has taken legal action with regards to the repossession of the land, located at Tempie Village.According to Ramlochan, he had been occupying the 23 acres of rice land in the MMA Scheme, consecutively for more than 20 years.This was done without subletting, even through lean periods when he experienced various natural disasters.Consequent to the decline in returns on the land, he was unable for several years to meet lease payments to the MMA,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, which resulted in accumulated arrears of $604,000 by June 2008.However, according to the rice farmer, upon seeing his name published as a defaulter, he used the proceeds from a belated bumper crop to make a part payment to the tune of $100,000.He said that he could not make further payments until the post dated cheque for $1M had become due.This he had represented to Mr. Aubrey Charles, the Acting General Manager of the MMA.However,Brad Richards Red Wings Jersey, in June, 2008,NFL Jerseys Cheap, the entity’s Chairman, Rudolph Gajraj announced that his plot had been repossessed notwithstanding the initial payment to discharge the arrears and expectation that the undertaking to do so fully had been accepted.This led to the land being allocated to another farmer who immediately took possession.Ramlochan subsequently filed an injunction barring the new allotee from cultivating the land. This was granted by Justice Franklin Holder.He had also sought the intervention of Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud, who he claimed promised to have the land returned to him and advised that he pay off the remaining arrears he had for the MMA, which he subsequently did.Ramlochan said that following this, he was advised by the Minister to reoccupy the land but the new allottee refused to budge.Ramlochan produced a document that purported to show that his lease was renewed for 2010/2011.In light of the new allottee’s refusal to return the land, Ramlochan filed for contempt but this action is still to be executed.“In the meantime I can’t get to cultivate the land,” Ramlochan told this newspaper.He indicated that he had written to the Commissioner of Police with the intention of getting assistance to execute the contempt warrant.“This is frustrating. I believe the lawyer (for the new allottee) is deliberately prolonging and procrastinating in the matter. I owe the bank,” Ramlochan stated.He informed that on December 29, last, he was chased by the new allottee who also threatened to shoot him.According to Ramlochan,Cheap Jerseys Free, he reported the matter to the police at the Fort Wellington Police Station but to date no action has been taken.“Three weeks have passed and nothing has happened,” he said.Ramlochan informed this newspaper that he has already spent a significant sum on litigation and he is desperately hoping that the justice system would effectively kick in so that he could resume his farming which he said is his only source of income. |
