The vacant common land which is also called government land, if someone has illegally occupied it, then the government will take back that land, in such a situation, if someone does not have land papers, then he can get the land documents made of land . If anyone does not have land papers, then he can make his land papers from the limits of land of the people around the surrounding people. Chauhaddi is a type of map that separates the surrounding land from your land, which can be ascertained how much land you have.
There is an English law called Adversar Position. Under this, the ownership of that land can be filed after being occupied for 12 consecutive years. But the condition is that during the 12-year period, no other has claimed possession or has no restriction of any kind. The Supreme Court also resolved a dispute by giving a verdict on this issue, in which the Supreme Court said that the person who will occupy the land for 12 years will be considered the owner of that land.
The bench of the Supreme Court has said that if it does not show any ownership on that land for 12 years, then whoever has occupied that land, will be considered as its owner. However, this decision of the Supreme Court is connected to private land. This decision will not be applicable to government land. The Supreme Court, while giving a verdict related to land acquisition, said that Indian law gives a person the right to assert its right to the land for 12 years. If a land is disputed, then a person can file a lawsuit asserting his authority over him within 12 years and can get it back from the court. The deadline of 12 years is 12 years, while this limit on government land is 30 years. Complaint of forced possession will have to be lodged within 12 years.
