New Delhi: Underpointing the importance of maintaining free livestock grazing soils, the Supreme Court has commanded the eviction of 72 people, including those included in the SC and SEB category, and the elimination of the Government of Angganwadi, Cooperative Milk and Tanah Hanuman Gauchar Temple in the district of Mehsana Gujarat.
The order from Judge Sanjay Kishan Kulul and MM Sundresh assumes the significance when grazing and grasslands shrink at a worry rate in India so it is difficult for rural people for the back of the livestock, which can have a negative impact on the production of state milk.
India lost 31%, or 5.65 million hectares (MHA), the meadow area in a decade, in accordance with the data presented by the Government Government before the UN Convention to combat desertification (UNCCD).
The total area under the grasslands was reduced to 12.3 mha from 18 MHA between 2005 and 2015, said.
Order the Gujarat government to cleanse the grazing land within three months of all types of encroachment including livestock warehouses, Angganwadi, schools and Hanuman temples, Judge Kuli and Sundresh said, “This is stale to only be used for the purposes that are allowed to be used.
If there are contradictory users with permitted users, both by any country or third party, the same cannot continue.
“The bench order came on the petition submitted by Rameshbhai Virabhai Chaudhari, who had challenged Gujarat HC’s decision to dismiss the transfer of illegal encroachment in the village gauchar land Bhandu (Laxmipura), Taluka: Mehsana, belongs to the Gram Panchayat / Government.
The petition was dismissed after obtaining an insured statement in a reply based on the reason that all people who were illegally occupied from the low-income strata of society and lived there for several years and thus was not appropriate to direct their direct removal except alternative accommodation given to them by the state and it is in accordance with its policy.
The bench decided to check the profile to explore carefully.
It was found from a local Sarpanch statement that his brother had also penetrated the land of the gauchar and rehabilitated rehabilitation equivalent to 72 other shrimp.
Of this 72, three belongs to the second caste community and two economically economically reverse classes.
SC found that people from the SC category had benefited from other government schemes – Amedkar Aavas Yojana and hence disended to claim additional alternative accommodation with government fees.
Other encroachment has residential houses elsewhere along with adjacent agricultural land and therefore, conceited from getting alternative accommodation.
In debated, encroachment that the land in question is used to make shelter for their livestock and not be used for housing purposes.
After supervision to ensure the right to alternative accommodation, Bench said, “Only three are entitled to alternative accommodations.
From here, someone was declared to do a puja ritualistic called Pujari and two other people were under the category of SEBC and also came.
Below the poverty line .
in the case of land users Gauchar stated that the government is running Anganvadi, a school in that place.
a community cooperative run milk and there is a temple Hanumanji, “said Bench after hearing detailed advice – MiniSha Menon, Ha Raichura and Aastha Mehta – for all parties , including the state government.
Putting aside HC orders, Bench said, “People’s rehabilitation is truly not needed in this case because only three people have the right to alternative sites according to the rules.
Of course there are some disputes whether encroachment has made a permanent structure or.
Kuchha Construction to keep livestock but as It should be, users cannot contradict what is allowed to land the gauchar, which is a grazing land.
Given the direction mentioned above, published to bring land in accordance with it is used by the state government taking appropriate action within a maximum period of three months from day this.
Livestock grazing land must be made free from encroachment: Supreme Court
