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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5751/2026

Omveer S/o Mahendra Singh Shekhawat, Aged About 24 Years, R/o Village Jakhod, Tehsil Surajgarh, District Jhunjhunu

----Petitioner Versus

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

2. District Collector, Jhunjhunu

3. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Surajgarh District Jhunjhunu

4. Tehsildar, Tehsil Surajgarh, District Jhunjhunu

5. Gram Panchayat Jakhod, Tehsil Surajgarh, District Jhunjhunu Through Village Development Officer

6. Patwari Halka, Village Jakhod, Tehsil Surajgarh, District Jhunjhunu

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ravinder Kumar Ms. Monika Jhajharia

For Respondent(s) : Mr.G.S. Gill, AAG with Ms. Shikha

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINIT KUMAR MATHUR

Order

01/04/2026

1. This writ petition has been preferred under Article 226 of the

Constitution of India claiming the following reliefs :-

"A. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature thereof thereby, the respondents may kindly be directed to remove the encroachment from the land bearing Khasra No.194 (Gair MumkinJohad) measuring 8.64 Hect. Surajgarh Disrict Jhunjhunu and take effective

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action against the land grabbers who raised encroachment upon the Johad Land.”

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 factual content of the allegations and take steps to remove the

encroachments so as to secure such land.

In order therefore to provide a pan-Rajasthan solution to this ever persisting problem, we deem it appropriate to direct the Chief Secretary of the State to devise a permanent mechanism, which should be operational in every District of the State where the concerned District Collector should be required to periodically notify for the information of the general public to lodge the complaints/representations with regard to such encroachments with a specially designated Public Land Protection Cell (for short ‘PLPC’) for rural areas. The PLPC should be headed by District Collector and function under his direction and supervision. The PLPC shall get such complaints/representations enquired into by deputing concerned Sub Divisional Officer/Tehsildar/ Naib Tehsildar so as to verify whether or not such encroachments have

actually taken place on such land.

If the allegations are found to be substantiated, appropriate steps in accordance with law be immediately taken for removal of the encroachments and appropriate penal action be also taken against the trespassers. The complaints/representations received in the PLPC should be decided by passing speaking order, informing the respective complainant/representationist about the action taken. This would obviate the necessity of such complainants/ representationists approaching this Court

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