DECISION of the Commission for investigation of the land issue of the Religious Organization “Society for Krishna Consciousness”
in the Karasai district of Almaty province
Having studied the current situation connected with land disputes of the Religious Organization (hereinafter – RO) “Society for Krishna Consciousness” in the Karasai district of the Almaty province and having listened to members of the producers’ cooperative (hereinafter – PC) “Horticultural Association Ptitsevod,” PC “Horticultural Association Priozerye,” members of RO “Society for Krishna Consciousness” as well as representatives of the Karasai District Hakimat, territorial bodies of land resources management of Almaty province and Mr. B.B. Govinda Swami, the coordinator of RO “Society for Krishna Consciousness” in Central Asia, the Commission decided:
1. To recommend the Hakim of the Karasai district:
1) To solve disputable points on the usage of land plots and
summer cottages on the territory of the Eltai rural district in accordance with the procedures established by the legislation of RK;
2) To take measures to exclude defects in the future work for the privatization of land plots in the Eltai rural district and the control over abidance by the requirements of land legislation and architectural and town-planning legislation of RK;
3) To continue the previously suspended privatization of cottages and horticultural plots of land taking into account the requirements of land legislation and architectural and town-planning legislation of RK;
2. To recommend the management of RO “Society of Krishna Consciousness”:
1) To appeal to the local executive authorities of the Karasai district in accordance with the procedures established by legislation for allotment of a land plot to construct a place of worship;
2) To carry out public worship, religious rites and ceremonies according to the requirements of the Law of RK “On the Freedom of Faith and Religious Associations.”
3) To present the problems of cooperation with the local authorities objectively while appealing to governmental bodies, international organizations and mass media.
3. To recommend the members of RO “Society for Krishna Consciousness” and PC “Horticultural Association Priozerye” that any disputable issues on the usage of land plots and cottages on the territory of the Eltai rural district of the Karasai district should be resolved in the order established by the legislation of RK.
4. To recommend that the Department of Justice of Almaty province and the Committee for Connections with Religious Organizations of the Almaty Provincial Hakimat should take into consideration the current situation and continuously control the observance of the law on the freedom of faith and religious associations by local bodies, religious associations, and other legal and physical entities in the Karasai district.
Chairman of the Commission (signed) A. Mukhashov