High Court Land Encroached

Biratnagar. It has come to light that valuable land belonging to the High Court Biratnagar, the body that provides justice to the general public, has been encroached upon. The court has stated that some individuals have built houses and huts and occupied more than 1 bigha of land registered in the court's name.

High Court Biratnagar has written to Biratnagar Metropolitan City and District Administration Office Morang to vacate the land and arrange for its possession. Santosh Pokharel, Deputy Registrar of the Administration Branch of the High Court Biratnagar, said that the land in plot number 112, located in the former Kanchanbari VDC Ward No. 3 'A' and currently Ward No. 4 of Biratnagar Metropolitan City, Morang, has been encroached upon. In that plot, 1 bigha 8 kattha 10 dhur of land is registered in the name of the High Court.

According to him, some individuals have been illegally constructing temporary and permanent houses and huts and residing in the area connected to the road along the canal of the Sunsari Morang Irrigation Project.

The High Court has prepared a separate list of encroachers and submitted it to the Metropolitan City and the administration. According to the received list, 43 houses have been constructed on the government land of plot number 112.

The encroachers include Rudra Prasad Dhamala, Gajendra Gurung, Shyam Gurung, Anita Thami Magar, Rambhadur Khadka, Gopal Khadka, Jitbahadur Lama, Pradip Lama, Binod Chaudhary, and 43 other individuals.

This is not the first time the court has corresponded to remove encroachment on its land. As mentioned in the letter, correspondence was made earlier for cooperation and coordination in removing the encroachment. However, since effective steps were not taken by the concerned bodies, it has become necessary to follow up again.

According to an old letter from the Department of Land Management and Records, the land was transferred to the High Court Biratnagar for possession from the Government of Nepal. At that time, during a site inspection, it was observed that some families were residing in temporary structures using the canal embankment as a road. Over time, the encroachment has increased, reaching 43 households.