Removal of encroachments in Haldwani: SC to hear plea on Thursday

The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a batch of petitions challenging the Uttarakhand High Court order for removal of encroachments from 29 acres of railway land in HaldwaniAccording to the railways there are 4365 encroachers on the landA bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices S A Nazeer and P S Narasimha posted the matter for hearing after advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the caseThe residents have submitted in their plea that the high court has gravely erred in passing the impugned order despite being aware of the fact that proceedings with regard to title of the residents including the petitioners are pending before the district magistrateAlso read UP Man sentenced to death for raping killing fiveyearoldIt is submitted that the High Court has gravely erred in not appreciating that the alleged Demarcation Report dated April 7 2021 placed before it by the Railway Authorities was a hollow sham that revealed no demarcation whatsoeverDespite extracting the covering letter of the Demarcation Report in the impugned order the actual contents of the Report that only contained the names and addresses of all the residents were not gone into by the High Court the plea saidThe residents contended the arbitrary and illegal approach adopted by the railways and state authorities as well as the upholding of the same by the high court has resulted in gross violation of their right to shelterThe petitioners claimed they are in possession of valid documents that clearly establish their title and valid occupationIt is further submitted that the High Court ought to have given due consideration to all these documents instead of making allegations of vote bank politics against State Additionally the names of the local residents have been recorded in the municipal records in the house tax register and they are paying the house tax regularly they saidThe Uttarakhand High Court on December 20 ordered demolition of constructions over encroached railway land at Banbhoolpura in HaldwaniThe high court had directed that a weeks notice be given to the encroachers after which the encroachments should be demolishedThere are religious places schools business establishments and residences on an area spread over 29 acres of alleged encroached railway land in BanbhoolpuraOn November 9 2016 the high court had ordered the removal of encroachments from the railway land within 10 weeks while hearing a PIL filed by Ravi Shankar JoshiThe court had said that all encroachers should be brought under the Railway Public Premises eviction of unauthorised occupants Act 1971This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever