JUDGMENT :

SANJEEV KUMAR, J.

1. The petitioner claims to be owner in possession of land admeasuring 3 kanals and 4 marlas comprised in Khasra numbers, detail whereof is given in paragraph No. 3 of the petition, situated at Chowadi Teshil Bahu District Jammu. The petitioner claims that the aforesaid land was purchased by her in November, 2007 from different erstwhile owners by way of sale deeds duly executed and registered. The land also stands mutated in the name of the petitioner in the revenue record.

2. It is submitted that since the subject land is a prime land and, therefore, there had been several attempts by the State as well as private individuals to lay claim thereon. The Crime Branch of the State even registered an FIR bearing No. 06/2009 on the allegation that the petitioner had encroached upon the State land but upon investigation, the claim was not substantiated and a closure report was filed by the Crime Branch, which was accepted by the Court. It is submitted that on 24.08.2019, the Deputy Commissioner, Jammu along with a team of officers and police came on the land of the petitioner and forcibly and in total disregard of law not only demolished the boundary wall erecte