In Almaty, 649 land plots that were in private ownership within the road reserve zone have been returned to state ownership. Their total area is 0.298 hectares.
HOW THE LAND PLOTS WERE TRANSFERRED TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
According to the Almaty city prosecutor's office, between 2004 and 2020, the Almaty city akimat excluded land plots from public land and granted them into private ownership for the operation and maintenance of billboards without holding tenders.
The materials also state that the land plots were sold in violation of land legislation requirements. Other circumstances surrounding the granting of the plots are not specified in the context provided.
WHAT THE COURT DECIDED
The court upheld the claim of the Almaty city Department for Land Resource Management, filed in accordance with the submission of the Almaty city prosecutor's office.
As a result, 649 land plots, previously in private ownership, were returned to state ownership. All of them are located within the road reserve zone, and their combined area is 0.298 hectares.
CONTEXT
Earlier, the prosecutor's office of Zhetysu region returned 200 hectares of unused agricultural land to the state. The cadastral value of the plots exceeded 229 million tenge.
