DINESH MEHTA
Bhoor Singh – Appellant
Versus
Gram Vikas Adhikari – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dinesh Mehta, J. - By way of the present writ petition, petitioner has challenged order dated 10.02.2022, passed by Additional District Judge, Phalodi, District Jodhpur (hereinafter referred to as to the 'Appellate Court'), whereby petitioner's appeal against the order dated 28.01.2022, passed by Civil Judge, Phalodi (hereinafter referred to as "the Trial Court") has been rejected.
2. The facts germane for the present purposes are that the plaintiff (petitioner herein) had filed a suit for permanent injunction, along with an application under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2, asserting that the petitioner is having settled possession over the land mentioned in Para No. 1 of the plaint situated in Khasra No. 694 of village Bawdi Kala.
3. It was argued on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner has raised construction over the land only after obtaining no objection certificate from Gram Panchayat; petitioner is having an electricity connection over the subject property and that the notice issued by the Gram Panchayat for removing the encroachment is not valid as the resolution allegedly adopted bears forged signature of Manohar Singh.
4. The Gram Panchayat disputed the facts and opposed t
Rame Gowda (D) by Lrs. vs. M. Varadappa Naidu (D) by Lrs. and Ors. (2004) 1 SCC 769
The statutory powers of the Gram Panchayat to take action against land encroachers and the need for citizens to have a valid title over the land to interfere with such actions.
Illegal occupation of Gram Panchayat land does not confer any right to claim ownership or regularization.
The legality of the enquiry and the order for removal of encroachments was upheld based on evidence of illegal encroachments and manipulated allotments beyond permissible limits.
The court upheld the authority's decision that the petitioner was an encroacher on Government land, emphasizing that assurances from the Gram Panchayat did not confer legal rights to occupy the land.
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