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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 21706/2025 Narayan Chand Chouhan S/o Padma Ram Chouhan, Aged About 71 Years, Resident Of Mehari Rajviyan, Churu, District- Churu (Raj.)

----Petitioner Versus

1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary, Revenue Department, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

2. The District Collector (Land Record), Cum Chairman, Public Land Protection Cell, Churu.

3. The Tehsildar (Land Record), Sardarshahar, District Churu.

4. The Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Churu.

5. Vikas Adhikar, Panchayat Samiti- Sardarshahar, Churu

6. Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu.

7. Prithvi S/o Harlal, Resident Of Village- Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

8. Nathu Khan S/o Phule Khan, Resident Of Village- Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

9. Mohan Singh S/o Guman Singh, Resident Of Village-

Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

10. Nemaram S/o Harlal Mali, Resident Of Village- Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

11. Bajrang Lal S/o Baluram, Resident Of Village- Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

12. Luna Ram S/o Baluram, Resident Of Village- Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

13. Indra Chand S/o Kanaram Soni, Resident Of Village-

Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

14. Ratan Lal S/o Hadmana Ram Khati, Resident Of Village-

Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

15. Mahendra Kumar S/o Hadmana Ram Khati, Resident Of Village- Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

16. Birma Ram S/o Dhanna Ram Mali, Resident Of Village-

Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu

17. Subhash Mali S/o Fusaram Mali, Resident Of Village-

Mehari Rajviyan, Panchayat Samiti Sardarshahar, District Churu ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Jaidev Singh Mr. Rahul Bishnoi For Respondent(s) : Mr. N.S. Rajpurohit, AAG with Ms. Aditi Sharma HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUROOP SINGHI

Order

21/11/2025

1. This writ petition has been preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India claiming the following reliefs:-

"It is, therefore, most humbly and respectfully prayed that this writ petition may kindly be allowed and by an appropriate writ, order or direction:-

A. By an appropriate writ/ order or direction, the respondents may be directed to remove the illegal encroachment after identification from the land allotted to the public chowk in the village Mehari Rajviyan, Tehsil Sardarshahar, District Churu.

B. Any other appropriate order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case may kindly be passed in favour of the petitioner and in public at large.

C. The cost of the petition may kindly be awarded in favour of the petitioner."

2. A Division Bench of this Court in Jagdish Prashad Meena & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors., D.B. Civil Writ Petition (PIL) No.10819/2018, vide order dated 30.01.2019, has directed creation of Public Land Protection Cell(PLPC) for rural areas in every district;

the relevant portion of the order reads as follows:-

"This Court is inundated with large number of writ petitions, styled as public interest litigation, from almost all the Districts of the State, with allegations of encroachment over the pasture land/ land of ‘johad’, ‘talab’/ river/river bed/public way/ Shamshan/Kabristan etc. In all such petitions, common allegation is that despite repeated complaints/representations to the concerned revenue officers, no steps are taken by them to remove the encroachment. This results in number of writ petitions being filed by the complainants/representationists before this Court. This Court has been passing orders in such matters requiring the respective District Collectors to examine the fa