Court gives 14-Mile settlers seven days to vacate land

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THE Waigani National Court has given 400 settlers living on a piece of land at 14-Mile seven days to vacate it after their application for enforcement of human rights was dismissed on Wednesday.
National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop welcomed the decision by the court, saying that since 2018, the National Capital District Commission had advised the settlers to move from Portion 1221, Milnich of Granville, Fourmil as it was state land.
“I welcome the decision of the court. It’s reinforced our position as the legitimate and lawful title holders,” Parkop said.
“We sympathise with the settlers but we had given notice to them two years ago, in 2018, and they did not take it seriously.”
The National Court in Nov 2018 granted interim orders to restrain NCDC from evicting the settlers.
In July, this year, after the matter had been in the National Court for two years, the court dismissed both matters which in turn removed the interim restraining orders.
Again the settlers returned to court, but this time the matter was heard before Deputy Chief Justice Ambeng Kandakasi.
Justice Kandakasi ordered that the motion filed by NCDC on Sept 21 for dismissal of the proceedings was granted and the entire proceedings will be dismissed.
Other orders included:

  • THE plaintiffs and other settlers from portion 1221 are restrained from threatening, interfering, disrupting, and harassing NCDC from carrying out demolition and eviction on the property;
  •  POLICE to carry out an eviction exercise within seven days;
  •  THE plaintiffs and other settlers are restrained from entering portion 1221; and,
  •  COSTS of the proceedings and other incidental costs relating to vacant possession of the property are awarded to NCDC.

9 comments

  • They wrote, “where will I go after 2days ” n upla igat land stp lo ples..inap lo longlong..pack up and go to own province and district. Customary land blg upla stp lo ples tru blgupla

  • Go back to where you belong to and stop giving fake excuses to seek for consideration, simply go back to your mother land and wait for the government to fulfill their vision 2050 that’s all

    Go lo Ples

  • NCDC and the State should now consider or impose a moratorium on all illegal settlement/settlers in our towns & cities and repartriate them back home. We have continuously used human rights as the basis to abuse and settle on land that does not belong to you. Go back home, we have vast land available. There are no excuses. Parliament should enact laws to make leaders responsible for their own people. Stop this human right nonsense. Has it ever occurred that the land you about to settle does not belong to you or your ancestors. Land is not free. You have your own land to toil and coexist. Tinting pastaim before you settle.

  • Go back long ples. We have abundant and fertile land that is available free to us. Go back toil the soil and coexist to survive. Cities and towns are for people who have employment and not for people who loiter and loft around aimlessly selling buai just to survive. Yupela poret lo wokim garden lo ples na Kam wokim garden lo ples ino blog yu. Go back home, its a better place than in a harsh city environment. Selling buai to survive is the laziest form of gainful employment. GO HOME

  • Let them stay in Port Moresby, Its the capital city of PNG and lot of development going on there. Don’t send them home as government service and development lacking in our home provinces. Their are citizen of this nation so treat them fare.

  • Indeed…. There as to be another way… how could government of the DAY treat his own people that way…

  • Simply Government must deploy them to their province of origin. Two years notice given was enough for them to consider how longlong they are to live illegally on other peoples legitimate land and prepare to vacate now. Government must evict other illegal settlers, parasites in the decent suburbs of NCD as well and not only 14 mile

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