land occupied

Originally posted by : prem chand
	land occupied by government but not paid any compensation

There are many landmark decision had been made by Supreme Courts regarding Land aquisition.

What the SC say: It is unfortunate that a genuine claim of the land owner was not satisfied by the state for such a long time.

Here is what happened

In a land acquisition case of 1987, the Andhra Pradesh state government forced the landowner to run from one court to another for about 20 years over a claim involving an amount of Rs 50,000. The claimant passed away in the meantime. His successors failed to appear before the apex court when the state government approached it for justice. In May 2016, the SC, while giving its verdict in the Land Acquisition Officer versus Ravi Santosh case, gave the state a peremptory order to settle all amounts while criticising it for the “abuse of legal process”.

“In our considered opinion, the state unnecessarily pursued this petty matter to this court, which does not involve any arguable point either on facts or in law …nor it involves any point of public importance, nor does it involve any substantial money claim. What was involved was only the calculation of payment of interest. Therefore, it was a sheer abuse of process by the state which we do not approve (of),” the SC said, adding: “It is unfortunate that a genuine claim of the land owner was not satisfied by the state for such a long time.”

So you can go to the court,but i will suggest first made an application to the department who aquired land for clearing fund and go to the court with received copy of application.

File a petition with the concerned district collector office and follow up.