Parmod KumarNew Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that residents facing eviction from railway land in Haldwani cannot insist on being rehabilitated at the same site, observing that the land belongs to the Railways and encroachers cannot dictate how it should be used.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M. Pancholi noted that development project requires vacant land on both the sides and that those occupying railway property cannot decide where tracks should be laid.
The Court remarked that instead of insisting on staying at the same place, affected families could be shifted to alternative locations with better facilities.
The Court said that most of the affected families would ...