[2026:RJ-JP:7535] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1289/2026 Hariom Malav S/o Shri Kanahiya Lal Malav, Aged About 58 Years, R/o Arnetha, Tehsil K. Patan, District Bundi, Rajasthan. ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan through District Collector, Bundi, Rajasthan. 2. Director, Local Self Bodies, Govt. Of Rajasthan, Parivahan Marg, Shivaji Nagar, Civil Lines, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001. 3. Executive Officer, Nagar Palika, K. Patan, District Bundi, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Tara Chand Sharma For Respondent(s) : Mr. Manoj Choudhary for Mr. G.S. Gill, AAG HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUROOP SINGHI Order 17/02/2026 This writ petition has been filed being aggrieved by the Press Note dated 27.06.2024 issued by Executive Officer, Nagar Palika, K.Patan, District Bundi, Rajasthan. The limited submissions made by the petitioner is that he is ready and willing to remove the encroachment over the land in question at his own risk and cost. However, no demarcation with respect to the encroachment alleged to have been made by the petitioner has been carried out by the respondents. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in case, the respondents make specific marking with respect to the encroachment made by him, he will remove the said encroachment within a period of 15 days thereafter at his own risk and cost. [2026:RJ-JP:7535] (2 of 2) [CW-1289/2026] Learned counsel submits that as the entire house of the petitioner has been sealed, he is neither in a position to access the same, nor to remove the encroachment on his own. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that in case the petitioner is aggrieved by the Press Note dated 27.06.2024, he has an alternative remedy, however, he is not in a position to dispute that the sealing of the house of the petitioner has been in existence since 27.06.2024. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Taking note of the specific submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner that in the event respondents mark the encroachment made by the petitioner, he is ready and willing to remove the said encroachment at his own risk and cost, it would be in the fitness of things to direct the respondent No.3 (Executive Officer) to open the seal of the house of the petitioner, being Plot No. 8 situated at Khasra No.1323, Ward No.3, Chamunda Colony, Keshoraipatan, District Bundi and to carry out demarcation with respect to the encroachment made by the petitioner, which shall be conducted in the presence of the petitioner. Upon handing over a copy of the demarcation report to the petitioner, he shall be required to remove the said encroachment at his own risk and cost within a period of 15 days thereafter and report the complaince of the same to respondent No.3. With the said directions, the writ petition and any other pending application stand disposed of. (ANUROOP SINGHI),J VINAY /23