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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 8496/2026

Una Ram S/o Shri Magaji, aged about 55 Years, R/o Village

Mudtrasili, Tehsil Jaswantpura, District Jalore Rajasthan

----Petitioner

Versus

1. The State Of Rajasthan, through its Principal Secretary,

The Department Of Revenue Government Of Rajasthan,

Jaipur.

2. District Collector, Jalore, Rajasthan.

3. Tehsildar Jaswantpura, District Jalore, Rajasthan.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ripudaman Singh

For Respondent(s) : Mr. N.S. Rajpurohit, AAG

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE NUPUR BHATI

Order

11/05/2026

1. The instant writ petition has been preferred claiming the

following reliefs :-

"It is, therefore, most respectfully prayed that this writ

petition may kindly be allowed, and

10.1 By An Appropriate Writ Order Or Direction to the

respondents to remove the encroachments made in the

Khasra no. 639, 640, 642, 645 AND 457 which is recorded as

gair mumkin rasta, gair mumkin nada, gair mumkinsamshan

and barani of village Mudtrasili Tehsil Jaswantpura, District

Jalore.

10.2 By an appropriate writ order or direction, the

respondents may kindly be directed to restore Land of Khasra

no. 639, 640, 642, 645 AND 457 which are recorded as gair

mumkin rasta, gair mumkin nada, gair mumkinsamshan and

barani of village Mudtrasili Tehsil Jaswantpura, District Jalore."

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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 directly by way of

public interest litigation. If this pract