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HP HC strikes down law allowing regularisation of encroached govt land

Shimla, Aug 5 (UNI) In a landmark judgment, the Himachal Pradesh High Court today struck down Section 163-A of the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, 1954, which allowed the regularisation of encroached government land.
The division bench, while delivering its verdict on August 5, declared the provision unconstitutional, stating that it violated Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, which guarantees equality before the law.
Section 163-A, introduced through an amendment in 2002 during former Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal's tenure, enables the government to regularise encroachments of up to five bighas for landless individuals and up to twenty bighas in exceptional circumstances.
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