LUCKNOW: Just 24 hours before submitting its compliance report with the Allahabad high court that had ordered it to remove ‘name and shame’ hoardings in Lucknow showing 57 persons for allegedly damaging properties during anti-CAA protests, the UP government decided to set up a compensation claims tribunal for the recovery of property losses from the accused in such cases.After governor Anandiben Patel gave her consent to ‘UP Recovery of Damages to Public and Private Property Ordinance 2020’ on Sunday, the state government declared its immediate promulgation, announcing that henceforth all the cases of the damage and loss of the property of the government and private individuals during mob violence would be referred to the tribunal.As per the rules of the ordinance, the tribunal can instruct the authorities to publish names, pictures and addresses of the persons it has found guilty of destruction. “As soon as the order of recovery for damage is passed, the property of the respondent to be attached and authorities shall be directed to publish the name, address along with photograph with a warning for public at large not to purchase property attached,” the ordinance says.“The immediate concern of the high court about naming and shaming the accused — who have not been declared guilty by any court of law or tribunal — has still not been addressed in this ordinance so far, though it has powers to make new laws in this regard. The 57 persons on the hoardings in Lucknow are yet to be declared guilty,” says a legal expert.“Also, unlike reports in a section media, the tribunal’s verdict can be challenged before the high court and the Supreme Court,” he adds.Taking a suo motu cognisance of recovery hoardings put up by the Lucknow administration on March 5, the high court on September 9 had ordered the state government to remove the hoardings and file a compliance report by March 16. The HC order were challenged by the Yogi government in the Supreme Court, which referred the issue to a larger bench.On Friday, the UP cabinet cleared a proposal to promulgate the ‘recovery ordinance’, citing a 2009 order of the Supreme Court to set up a tribunal or other competent authorities for the recovery of compensation in such cases.As per the rules of the ordinance released by the Yogi government on Sunday, the state government is empowered to set up one or more compensation claims tribunal to be chaired by a retired district judge and members from the executive, not less than the rank of additional commissioner. In case of more than one tribunal, the state government will have to declare the division of area for the tribunals. The claims commissioner can also engage surveyors and assesses to record the loss of the property.Under the new law, any private person /individual can also move a petition before the tribunal for claiming the compensation, provided the petitioner had not claimed it from the insurance company or any other such agency.Another provision of the ordinance mentions clearly that the claim petition has to be made before the tribunal within three months and the tribunal will pronounce the verdict within a reasonable time.No other civil court will hear such cases of recovery of the compensation and all such matters related to loss of property during agitation will be taken up by the claims tribunal only.