Karnataka: Eviction of Encroached Govt Lands by Union Minister, BJP MP Begins
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Karnataka: Eviction of Encroached Govt Lands by Union Minister, BJP MP Begins

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: As per the directions of High Court of Karnataka, a team of officials led by Ramnagar Deputy Commissioner Yeshwanth Gurukar on Tuesday began markings in various survey numbers at Kethaganahalli near Bidadi of Ramnagar district to reclaim government lands spread across in various survey numbers. The markings by revenue officials includes lands belonging to former Chief Minister and Union Minister of Large and Medium Scale Industries H.D. Prior to embarking on markings to fence the evicted lands at Kethaganahalli, Ramnagar Deputy Commissioner Yeshwanth Gurukur told reporters “I’m here to enforce the Court’s order.” Continuing on the eviction to be initiated by officials concerned, the Deputy Commissioner said eviction would be taken-up in about 8 survey numbers including that of lands belonging to H.D. Hiremath moved the High Court of Karnataka seeking eviction of encroachment of government lands at Kethaganahalli and in its hearing on Monday, the High Court questioned the revenue officials over delay in eviction of encroachments at Kethaganahalli and issued a stern warning to revenue officials of serious consequences for non-compliance of its order.

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Karnataka government reclaims land ‘encroached’ by HDK
2 days, 2 hours ago

Karnataka government reclaims land ‘encroached’ by HDK

Hindustan Times  

The state revenue department on Tuesday initiated measures to clear the encroachment of government land allegedly by Union minister HD Kumaraswamy in Ramanagara district, with the development coming a day after the state’s high court issued stern warnings to officials over delay in implementing the court’s earlier eviction orders. As part of the eviction operation, led by Ramanagara deputy commissioner …

Land encroachment by Kumaraswamy: Karnataka government begins eviction drive in Ramanagara
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2 days, 20 hours ago

Land encroachment by Kumaraswamy: Karnataka government begins eviction drive in Ramanagara

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Revenue Department on Tuesday launched an operation to clear encroachments on 14 acres of government land in Ramanagara district, allegedly occupied by the family of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy. Acting on the directives of the Karnataka High Court, authorities initiated the eviction drive with the assistance of district officials and police personnel, news agency PTI reported. In January …

Officials clear encroached land near HD Kumaraswamy's farmhouse after court rap
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3 days, 6 hours ago

Officials clear encroached land near HD Kumaraswamy's farmhouse after court rap

India Today  

A day after the Karnataka High Court questioned the delay in executing eviction orders in a land encroachment case involving Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, authorities launched an encroachment clearance operation near his farmhouse in Ramanagara district. Ramanagara Deputy Commissioner Yashwant V Gurukar and Additional SP Suresh oversaw the operation as the Revenue Department, in coordination with survey officials, began reclaiming …

Karnataka High Court questions delay in eviction in HD Kumaraswamy land case
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4 days, 6 hours ago

Karnataka High Court questions delay in eviction in HD Kumaraswamy land case

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court has raised concerns over the delay in executing its order to remove encroachments in a land case involving Union Minister of Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy. Expressing strong displeasure at the Revenue Department’s inaction, the court took a serious view of the situation and sought accountability from the authorities. Government advocates informed the bench that 14 acres …

J&K Govt Says State Land Worth Rs 18,000 Crore Under Encroachment
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1 week ago

J&K Govt Says State Land Worth Rs 18,000 Crore Under Encroachment

ABP News  

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said state land valued at over Rs 18,000 crore is under illegal encroachment in the union territory, with eviction processes initiated to reclaim it. Several members, including BJP members Narinder Singh Raina, Rajiv Jasrotia, and R S Pathania, posed supplementary questions seeking fixing of the timeframe for removing extensive encroachments on state …

HDK attacks govt over survey of his land in Bidadi
1 month ago

HDK attacks govt over survey of his land in Bidadi

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru: Union minister and JD leader HD Kumaraswamy has alleged that the recent survey of his land near Bidadi’s Kethaganahalli was politically motivated, accusing the Congress government of using it as a tool to target him. The revenue department conducted a survey of Kumaraswamy’s farmland in Kethaganahalli on Monday, following directions from the Karnataka high court. The survey was initiated …

Reclaim encroached municipal corporation lands, Anantapur Urban MLA tells officials
1 month, 1 week ago

Reclaim encroached municipal corporation lands, Anantapur Urban MLA tells officials

The Hindu  

Anantapur Urban MLA Daggubati Venkateswara Prasad has asked the municipal officials to take back all the lands belonging to the municipal corporation that have been encroached. The MLA along with Anantapur Municipal Commissioner Balaswamy received petitions from the general public as part of Public Grievance Redressal System on Monday. Similarly, when another person complained about encroachment of 20 acres municipal …

Revenue, forest depts conclude survey of land ‘encroached’ by ex-Karnataka’s speaker
2 months ago

Revenue, forest depts conclude survey of land ‘encroached’ by ex-Karnataka’s speaker

Hindustan Times  

The state revenue and forest departments have concluded the two-day survey of the forest land in Srinivaspur taluk that was allegedly encroached upon by former speaker KR Ramesh Kumar over two decades ago, officials familiar with the matter said. The state revenue and forest departments concluded the two-day survey of the forest land in Srinivaspur taluk that was allegedly encroached …

Eviction of illegal occupants from tribal land soon: Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Eviction of illegal occupants from tribal land soon: Odisha Minister Suresh Pujari

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The state government on Thursday assured the Assembly that illegal transactions of land in scheduled and non-scheduled areas will be cancelled forthwith. Responding to a question from BJP MLA Bhaskar Madhei, Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari said Odisha Land Reforms Act, 1960 prohibits the sale of tribal lands to non-tribals in non-scheduled areas. If any non-tribal has …

Former CM flays AINRC-BJP govt. for rise in encroachment of properties in Puducherry
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Former CM flays AINRC-BJP govt. for rise in encroachment of properties in Puducherry

The Hindu  

Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Monday alleged encroachment of temple and government lands has become rampant since the AINRC-BJP government came to power in the Union Territory. Addressing a press conference in Puducherry, the Congress leader said a few months ago, the Madras High Court had to intervene on the issue of illegal occupation of land belonging to Kamatchiamman …

Congress instigated encroachers of Assam tribal land, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
6 months, 1 week ago

Congress instigated encroachers of Assam tribal land, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI Congress instigated encroachers of land reserved for tribal people to attack the police and administrative officials during Thursday’s eviction drive that led to the death of two people in police firing, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. “The land from where the encroachers were evicted falls in the tribal belts and blocks, a category created by …

CM Mohan Majhi orders District Magistrates to free government land from encroachers
8 months, 1 week ago

CM Mohan Majhi orders District Magistrates to free government land from encroachers

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday directed all district collectors to free government land from encroachments across the state. Expressing serious concern over rampant unauthorised occupation of government land which has hampered development works and public welfare programmes, Majhi directed district administrations to take prompt action to evict the land grabbers. A couple of days back, additional …

Encroached land to planters: Forums slam Karnataka govt’s decision
1 year ago

Encroached land to planters: Forums slam Karnataka govt’s decision

New Indian Express  

CHIKKAMAGALURU: Members of various forums like Dalit Sangarsh Samiti, Ambedkar Vaicharika Vedike, Mudigere Bhoo Sangharsha Samiti, Bhim Army, Samvidhana Samrakshna Samiti came down heavily on the state government for deciding to lease out the encroached land to planters. They have applied for land using form numbers 50, 53 and 57 for sanction of lands and are eagerly looking forward for …

Priyank Kharge justifies eviction drive in Kalaburagi
1 year, 5 months ago

Priyank Kharge justifies eviction drive in Kalaburagi

The Hindu  

Criticising BJP leaders for politicising every issue, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge has said a drive was carried out in Kalaburagi city to remove encroachers and illegal structures being constructed on government land, and notice was issued prior to the eviction. Addressing presspersons at Aiwan-e-Shahi guesthouse in Kalaburagi on Friday, Mr. Kharge said BJP leaders had the …

Kerala launches eviction drive to clear encroachments Idukki
1 year, 5 months ago

Kerala launches eviction drive to clear encroachments Idukki

Hindustan Times  

Kochi: A special task force constituted by the Kerala government cleared an illegally encroached piece of land belonging to an individual in Chinnakanal panchayat of Idukki district on Thursday in what is tipped to be the start of a major eviction drive in the fragile hill station of Munnar, officials familiar with the matter said. The action of the STF …

Karnataka officials will get monthly targets for reclaiming encroached govt land
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka officials will get monthly targets for reclaiming encroached govt land

The Hindu  

The State Government will fix monthly targets for officials to remove encroachment on government property across Karnataka, said Minister for Revenue Krishna Byre Gowda. On August 8, the Minister told reporters in Mysuru that the administration will take up a campaign against encroachment of government land and give targets to officials to ensure that the encroachment is cleared. A meeting …

Officials given targets to clear encroachment on government land: Karnataka Minister
1 year, 7 months ago

Officials given targets to clear encroachment on government land: Karnataka Minister

The Hindu  

Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Friday said officials had been given targets for clearing government land of encroachments in their jurisdiction. The revenue inspectors would be given the power to clear encroachments and also protect them, irrespective of political clout of land sharks, Mr. Byre Gowda said. Mr. Byre Gowda said he had taken up a State tour and …

Assam Govt Begins Eviction Drive To Clear 'Encroachment' In Wildlife Sanctuary In Sonitpur
2 years, 1 month ago

Assam Govt Begins Eviction Drive To Clear 'Encroachment' In Wildlife Sanctuary In Sonitpur

ABP News  

Tezpur: The Assam government on Tuesday commenced an eviction drive to clear "encroachment" in Burhachapori Wildlife Sanctuary in Sonitpur district. Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Deba Kumar Mishra claimed that "thousands of people illegally occupied the forest area for decades" and the administration has decided to clear "encroachment on 1,892 hectares of land" during the ongoing exercise. Notably, the state government had …

J&K: Influential, powerful will be evicted from land, not common man, says L-G Manoj Sinha
2 years, 2 months ago

J&K: Influential, powerful will be evicted from land, not common man, says L-G Manoj Sinha

The Hindu  

Amid growing protests, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said only influential and powerful people who misused their position to encroach upon the State land would be evicted in the Union Territory. “The drive will continue and no one will be spared and all the illegal encroachments on the State as well as ‘kahcharai land’ will be removed”ShyambirDeputy Commissioner …

Assam: Govt's eviction drive to free 450 hectares of land from illegal encroachment, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained
2 years, 2 months ago

Assam: Govt's eviction drive to free 450 hectares of land from illegal encroachment, Congress MLA Sherman Ali detained

Op India  

After the administration in Assam’s Lakhimpur on Tuesday began a massive eviction drive to clear vast swathes of forest land, Lakhimpur SP BM Rajkhowa said that around 450 hectares of land would be freed from the encroachers. Earlier on December 26, the district administration of Barpeta district of Assam carried out a massive eviction drive against encroachers. The eviction drive …

Haldwani eviction stayed, Supreme Court says 50,000 people can't be uprooted overnight
2 years, 2 months ago

Haldwani eviction stayed, Supreme Court says 50,000 people can't be uprooted overnight

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Uttarakhand High Court’s decision ordering authorities to remove encroachments from railway land in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani. Stressing on the human aspect of the case at hand, the Supreme Court said a solution needs to be worked out keeping in view the people who face eviction from allegedly encroached railway land in Haldwani’s Banbhoolpura area. …

'50,000 people can’t be uprooted overnight'- SC stays HC order in Haldwani land encroachments case
2 years, 2 months ago

'50,000 people can’t be uprooted overnight'- SC stays HC order in Haldwani land encroachments case

India TV News  

'50,000 people can’t be uprooted overnight'- SC stays HC order in Haldwani land encroachments case Haldwani land encroachments case: Earlier, the Nainital High Court ordered the eviction of over 4,000 homes located in the alleged encroached land. Haldwani land encroachments case: The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed High Court order and issued a notice to the Uttarakhand government and Railways …

Supreme Court to hear petition filed by against eviction notice by Railways to residents in Haldwani
2 years, 2 months ago

Supreme Court to hear petition filed by against eviction notice by Railways to residents in Haldwani

The Hindu  

Sharafat Khan, resident of a locality in Haldwani town of Uttarakhand, and 10 others have filed a petition in Supreme Court demanding immediate intervention on eviction notices served to over 4,000 families by the Indian Railways. It also has eight mosques, two government inter-colleges, two primary schools, one junior high school, half a dozen private schools, one primary hospital, a …

U’khand: Haldwani encroachers protest against court’s eviction order, offer namaz on streets
2 years, 2 months ago

U’khand: Haldwani encroachers protest against court’s eviction order, offer namaz on streets

Op India  

On Saturday, thousands of Muslim residents in Haldwani staged a protest on December 28 against the clearance of illegal encroachments on railway land in accordance with a High Court ruling. One such video of the said protest was shared by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, who alleged that the government’s move would render around 4,500 families, who have illegally encroached …

Officials remove encroachments on government land in Nizampet
2 years, 3 months ago

Officials remove encroachments on government land in Nizampet

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Special teams comprising HMDA and Medchal-Ranga Reddy district revenue officials removed encroachments on about one acre in government land in Sy No 332 in Nizampet. The land was part of 32 acres allotted to Jawaharlal Nehru Journalists MAC Housing Society which had paid cores of rupees and purchased the land from the government. However, following stringent environmental laws, the …

No disparity in removal of encroachments on rajakaluve: CM
2 years, 6 months ago

No disparity in removal of encroachments on rajakaluve: CM

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said there was no question of any disparity in the removal of encroachments on rajakaluve in Bengaluru city. Mr. Bommai said the recent floods affected not only IT/BT companies and workers, but also common people. Replying to a question, Mr. Bommai said the government has sought directions from courts in many cases. This time, the encroachments …

Govt. policy is to ensure peaceful eviction: AAG
3 years, 1 month ago

Govt. policy is to ensure peaceful eviction: AAG

The Hindu  

The State government on Thursday told the Madras High Court that it’s policy is to ensure peaceful and not forceful eviction of long-time encroachers of waterbodies and other government poromboke land. Appearing before the first Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy, Additional Advocate General J. Ravindran said the government was not in …

Assam: 2 Killed, Several Injured After Encroachers Clash With Police During Eviction Drive In Dholpur
3 years, 5 months ago

Assam: 2 Killed, Several Injured After Encroachers Clash With Police During Eviction Drive In Dholpur

ABP News  

Guwahati: Violence broke out in Dholpur in Assam's Darrang district this afternoon where two civilians were killed and several injured in police firing during a protest against the eviction drive in Dhalpur. At least 800 families, occupying around 1,487 acre of land, were evicted on Monday as part of the state government's drive against "illegal encroachment". Continuing with the process …

Land Grabbing Case : Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Produce Steps Taken For Implementing Lokayukta Order Against H D Kumaraswamy
5 years, 2 months ago

Land Grabbing Case : Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Produce Steps Taken For Implementing Lokayukta Order Against H D Kumaraswamy

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to place on record by January 14, steps taken for implementation of a 2014 order passed by the Lokayukta, in relation to land grabbing case involving former Karnataka Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy and others. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar gave the direction …

Eviction drive around Muthanankulam on cards
5 years, 8 months ago

Eviction drive around Muthanankulam on cards

Deccan Chronicle  

COIMBATORE: In a bid to make the city slum-free, the civic body and the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board are identifying, earmarking and clearing residential and commercial encroachments in the city. Residents will be relocated to Thondamuthur, Malumichampatti or Keeranatham by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board. Initially, residents will be served a common eviction notice, following which individual notices …

Devikulam classic case of encroachment
7 years, 11 months ago

Devikulam classic case of encroachment

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANNATHPURAM: What happened in Devikulam on Wednesday was a classical case of how encroachments take place in Idukki district especially in Munnar area. The plants would grow bigger and by now shrubs would cover the entire patch of land. One fine morning a shed would come up on the encroached land to suggest that it belongs to some landless and …

Madras High Court restricts demolishing a private property encroaching upon govt land
8 years, 3 months ago

Madras High Court restricts demolishing a private property encroaching upon govt land

Firstpost  

The Madras High Court has restrained the Kancheepuram district authorities from demolishing a private property allegedly encroaching upon government land at a village in the district Chennai: The Madras High Court has restrained the Kancheepuram district authorities from demolishing a private property allegedly encroaching upon government land at a village in the district, till a final decision was taken on …

Bengaluru Land Scam: HDK Threatens Cong, BJP with Green Tribunal
9 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru Land Scam: HDK Threatens Cong, BJP with Green Tribunal

The Quint  

Former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has raked-up the land encroachment issue against the Congress and BJP and threatened to approach the National Green Tribunal. Deccan Herald reported that he will approach the SC’s green bench over alleged encroachment of forest land in Jakkur-Allalasandra area, if the government doesn’t initiate action soon. On September 21, Kumaraswamy accused 50 persons including Industries …

Fear of eviction haunts 6,000 people in reserve forest
12 years, 6 months ago

Fear of eviction haunts 6,000 people in reserve forest

The Hindu  

A recent Karnataka High Court order has given 6,000 people time till December-end to vacate their land. ‘Lack of communication’ Mr. Vasu said the issue stemmed from a “lack of communication” between the Forest and Revenue departments. During the last decade, the Forest Department claimed the land belonged to them, whereas in the preceding century the Revenue Department encouraged cultivation, …

Attempt to encroach 250 acres foiled
13 years, 9 months ago

Attempt to encroach 250 acres foiled

The Hindu  

A team of Revenue officials on Wednesday evening foiled the effort by a group of people to encroach upon nearly 250 acres of land in Chinnakkanal village. This was the second attempt to encroach upon land in the area; the Revenue Department had foiled a similar bid two months ago. Mr. Pillai said that the Revenue Department had been entrusted …

A land struggle
16 years, 6 months ago

A land struggle

The Hindu  

For the Dalits of Ittikkal Agaram, Tamil Nadu, trying to cultivate the land allotted to them has been a struggle against caste-Hindu hostility. The dominant caste-Hindu group places cruel and illegal hurdles when Dalits attempt to take possession of the allotted land and begin cultivation. In September 2007, when there was another move from caste Hindus to get these land …

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