High Court of Bombay Dismisses Writ Petitions for Regularization of Gairan Land Encroachments Based on Government Resolution 1991 — Encroachers Had No Vested Right and Supreme Court Precedent Prohibits Regularization of Public Land. Eligibility under Clause 10 of the Maharashtra Government Resolution dated 28-11-1991 was not established and delay of decades barred Article 226 relief, and lands transferred to Forest Department cannot be regularized under Forest Conservation Act, 1980.
12 Nov 2025These two writ petitions, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, sought directions to the State of Maharashtra to regularize alleged en...





