JUDGMENT 1. This writ petition in the form of public interest litigation has been filed by petitioner Nathu Lal Meena, who is resident of village Thuni Madanmohanpura, Tehsil Kotkhawda, District Jaipur, praying for a direction to the respondents no.1 to 5 to get removed all illegal encroachments made on the pasture land of khasra no.180/1 measuring 10.23 hectare (41 bighas) situated at revenue village Thuni Madanmohanpura, Tehsil Kotkhawda, District Jaipur, and to ensure safety of the said land in future. 2. It is contended that the land in question is recorded as pasture land in the revenue record. The respondents no.6 to 14 and some other persons have encroached thereon and have been using since long. The petitioner and other villagers made several complaints thereagainst to authorities concerned for taking action against the unauthorized occupants but nothing has been done so far and inaction on the part of the respondent authorities have made the unauthorized occupants aggressive. 3. Learned counsel has cited a judgment of the Supreme Court in Jagpal Singh and Others Vs. State of Punjab and Others, (2011) 11 SCC 396 and submitted that therein the Supreme Court has directed all the State Government to prepare a scheme for eviction of illegal/unauthorized occupants. 4. This Court vide order dated 30.01.2019 passed in Jagdish Prasad Meena & Others Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others, D.B. Civil Writ Petition (PIL) No. 10819/2018 took note of fact that large number of writ petitions are being filed before this Court styled as public interest litigation petitions which pertained to encroachment over the pasture land/ land of 'johad', 'talab'/ river/river bed/public way/ Shamshan/Kabristan etc. and directed the Chief Secretary of the State to devise a permanent mechanism, which should be operational in every District of the State where the concerned District Collector should be required to periodically notify for the information of the general public to lodge the complaints/representations with regard to such encroachments with a specially designated Public Land Protection Cell (for short 'PLPC') for rural areas. It was further directed by this Court that the PLPC should be headed by District Collector and function under his direction and supervision. The PLPC shall get such complaints/representations enquired into by deputing concerned Sub Divisional Officer/Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar so as to verify whether or not such encroachments have actually taken place on such land.
It was further directed by this Court that the PLPC should be headed by District Collector and function under his direction and supervision. The PLPC shall get such complaints/representations enquired into by deputing concerned Sub Divisional Officer/Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar so as to verify whether or not such encroachments have actually taken place on such land. If the allegations are found to be substantiated, appropriate steps in accordance with law be immediately taken for removal of the encroachments and appropriate penal action be also taken against the trespassers. The complaints/ representations received in the PLPC should be decided by passing speaking order, informing the respective complainant/ representationist about the action taken. It was observed that this would obviate the necessity of such complainants/ representationists approaching this Court directly by way of public interest litigation. 5. In view of above, instead of directly entertaining this public interest litigation petition, this Court requires the petitioner to approach the District Collector, Jaipur (respondent no.2) by filing a detailed representation along with a copy of this order, who shall examine the grievances of the petitioner and do the needful within a period of three months from the date of filing of the representation. 6. With the aforesaid direction, writ petition stands disposed of.