Mr. Kamal Kumar Bajaj v. Union of India
Case brief
What is this about?
Bilaspur railway station shops; railway land lease renewal refused; licence fee demand notices 03.10.2024; Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act 1971; Policy for Management of Railway Land 04.10.2022 Clause 3.1; Amrit Bharat Station; Haldiram e-auction Coach Restaurant; Abdul Mateen Siddiqui Civil Appeal 3518 of 2023 rehabilitation; seven-day notice before demolition; status quo modified; WPC 5086/2024 batch common order; Narendra Kumar Vyas; 15/01/2026; 2026:CGHC:2505; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
All fourteen writ petitions disposed of by common order. The interim status quo order was modified: the respondents may require the land for railway-station construction upon serving seven days' prior notice on the petitioners, after which demolition may proceed; petitioners to vacate without hindering construction and not to stall it by extra-legal steps. The impugned notices were not quashed; pending Public Premises Act, 1971 proceedings to be decided on their own merits uninfluenced by this Court's observations.