Lok Sabha Question No. 4105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-19
Subject: Illegal Encroachment on CPWD Land
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ujjwal Raman Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4105 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 19, 2024

## ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENT ON CPWD LAND

NO. 4105.       SHRI UJJWAL RAMAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that illegal encroachment is being done on the land of
- CPWD in Government colonies situated in major metropolitan cities;
- (b) if so, the details of legal action taken by CPWD during the year 2023-24 in this regard;
- (c) whether the Hon'ble Court has given any order to the CPWD to remove the illegal encroachment;
- (d) if so, the details of the area of land recovered by the CPWD by removing illegal encroachment in compliance with the Order of the Hon'ble Court; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a)&(b): Yes. The details of legal action taken by CPWD are as under:

## For Kolkata:

- GPRA Salt Lake: KB Block - 330 sq.m. - Action taken under The Public Premises  (Eviction  of  Unauthorised  Occupants)  Act,  1971.  Requested local  Police  several  times  for  removal  of  unauthorised  encroachment. Action yet to be taken by local Police.
- GPRA Press, Santragachi - 6000 sq.m. - Land was handed over to CPWD on  28.02.2019  by  GoI  Press,  Santraganchi,  Howrah,  as  is  where  basis. CPWD has written several letters to local police station to get the land free from illegal occupation. Action yet to be taken by local Police.

## For Mumbai:

-  Encroachment  at  Hyderabad  Estate  premises  in  Mumbai  by  Slum dwellers (Ashanagar).
-  There  was  encroachment  in  land  at  Malwani,  Malad  when  it  was transferred to CPWD by the salt department.
-  Letters were written to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to remove the encroachments.
- Encroacher went to Bombay City Civil Court against the eviction order of Estate Officer and action is under progress as per court decision.

## For Delhi:

-  There  was  illegal  encroachment  on  Land  and  Development  Office (L&DO) land, which is being redeveloped by CPWD, in the old Government Colony located in Sriniwaspuri. To address these encroachments, Court cases have been pursued against the encroachers.
-  Aliganj,  Jor  Bagh  -  Out  of  total  11,942  Acre  Land,  2.61  acre  is encroached upon (Action taken - The action for removal of encroachment was  taken  on  03.01.2023  and  04.01.2023  after  taking  Police  help. However, subsequently a Notice from National Commission for Scheduled Caste was received and encroachers approached the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi and filed Petition No. WP(C) No. 1119/2023. Hence the matter is subjudice)
- The JJ Cluster known as Dairy No. 95, C-31 Block Kali Bari Marg, New Delhi  under  illegal  encroachment.  (Action  taken  -  This  case  is  under consideration in Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB))
- Sector-12, R. K. Puram, Service Center No. 324 under illegal encroachment. (Action taken - Notice has been issued to the concerned allottees of Service Centre - 324, Sector-12, R. K. Puram, New Delhi)

## For Indore:

- 3 Nos. cases have been under consideration in various Hon'ble Courts.

## For Patna:

· 8 Nos. Type-I quarters are unauthorisedly encroached upon, since 2017 i.e. before taking over of this assets from DGS&D by CPWD, Jamshedpur. Apart  from  unauthorized  occupation  of  the  quarters,  various  building/ temporary  structures  are  also  erected  by  unauthorized  persons  before taking over these assets from DGS&D by CPWD. · Eviction Notice was issued to the unauthorized occupants by CPWD in the year 2022. Since, none of the occupants vacated the premises, the was

Sub-Divisional Officer, Dhalbhum, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand requested to depute a Magistrate for eviction of unauthorized occupants.

(c) to (e): Yes, Hon'ble District Court of Saket, New Delhi vacated the Stay Order on removal of encroachment in Sriniwaspuri, New Delhi under Order dated  28.03.2023.  Accordingly,  encroachments  over  approx.  4697  sq.m. area near the boundary wall of Old Sriniwaspuri colony has been removed by CPWD.

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