To all the respected legal advisers,
Dear Sir / Madam
We are in possession of a property given to us by the landlord 32 years back (1976) to live without anything in writing on any legal papers.
The property was given to us against the selfless service of both my parents that is father & mother to the landlords for the periods of 18 years (1976 to 1994) without any consideration for the same for the entire period. (They are both illiterate)
The landlord died in April 1994 and left the entire property to a Trust. Till his grand-children are matured. The property was also attached by the department of central excise for nonpayment of certain duties
Today the children of the landlord are back to clear all the dues and probably to sell off the properties and go back abroad were they are settled down long back. And so wants us to vacate the premises.
Kindly advice what steps should we take to defend ourselves and protect our interest with regards to the place where we live. As we have nowhere else to go.
And how should we ask them to compensate if they agree to do so.
Because I am a small time carpenter (Edu: SSC only)
Have to support a family of 5 (consisting of myself, mother, wife and two children)
We have no savings; need to support education for both children.
We are situated at JVPD Mumbai. Where the land is a lease hold land taken by the 14 corporative societies for the period of 999 yrs of which hardly 50-60 yrs have gone by and the landlords are the share holders.
Rajesh.
