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Kerala High Court stays Notice to Demolish Buildings in Lakshadweep for Alleged Encroachment of Public Land

Lawstreet Journal 13 Jul 2021 6:53pm

Image courtesy: Lawstreet Journal Judiciary Kerala High Court stays Notice to Demolish Buildings in Lakshadweep for Alleged Encroachment of Public Land

On Saturday ( July 10, 2021) the Kerala High Court  stayed the show-cause notices issued to Lakshadweep residents ordering them to demolish their buildings within two days because they were built on government land.

During the special sitting, Justice Sunil Thomas issued an interim order suspending the operation of the aforementioned notices pending the outcome of the writ petition.

The petitioners are indigenous Lakshadweep residents. They were allegedly served with'show cause cum hearing notices' dated July  5, 2021 issued under Rule 17 of the Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands Land Revenue and Tenancy Rules, 1968 on July 6th, 2021.

The notices claimed that the petitioners had built "sheds/buildings on government land," and they were ordered to show cause "within two days of receipt of the notice why they should not be evicted from the said land.

On behalf of the petitioners, Advocate P. Deepak appeared. He argued that, while the notices were served on the July 6, 2021 the deadline for filing a reply/objection was 5 PM on the July 7, 2021, giving them less than 24 hours from the time they received the notices.

The notices also allegedly required them to appear in person or through a duly authorised representative for a personal hearing on July 8, 2021. This was an attempt, according to the petitioners, to complete the entire exercise within 72 hours of issuing notices.

These notices were claimed to be tainted by errors visible on the face of the record and thus liable to be… Continue Reading...


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