Disposed
Sheik Silar v. The District Collector
Telangana HCWP/34408/2012
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court held that the petitioner cannot be dispossessed from the alleged land owned or occupied by him unless the respondents initiate proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (if state-owned) or A.P. Land Encroachment Act, 1905 (if government land). Consequently, an eviction without following legal procedure was prohibited.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed directing respondents not to evict petitioner from the land in question without following the procedure prescribed by law.