Uttarakhand HC Pulls Up State Police For Inaction, Directs Eviction Of Encroachers On Railway Land [Read Judgment]

The Uttarakhand High Court made its displeasure known over the “shocking” approach of the police authorities in Nainital for failing to provide adequate protection to the railway authorities while executing an order of eviction of encroachers on Railway land.The order for eviction of the encroachers was passed by the high court on November 9, 2016. The Uttarakhand High Court made its displeasure known over the “shocking” approach of the police authorities in Nainital for failing to provide adequate protection to the railway authorities while executing an order of eviction of encroachers on Railway land. The land belongs to the railways and it is the bounden duty of the railway authorities to evict the encroachers from the government land.” After perusing through an application filed on behalf of the Railways, the bench observed that the “State machinery has repeatedly failed to provide necessary police force to the railways to undertake the demarcation and evict the encroachers from the government land”. Even though repeated requests were made by the railway authorities for providing police protection, the Senior Superintendent of Police, Nainital, refused to provide any protection citing logistic reasons.