Government can't claim citizens' land through adverse possession: Punjab and Haryana HC
- Posted on June 26, 2026
- By The Times of India
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Government can't claim citizens' land through adverse possession: Punjab and Haryana HC
NEW DELHI: The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that the State cannot claim ownership over a citizen's land by invoking the doctrine of adverse possession, observing that such a plea is incompatible with the role of a welfare State. Justice Ramesh Kumari directed the Haryana government to compensate landowners whose 7 Kanals of land in Fatehabad district had been used for an irrigation distributary since 1960 without being lawfully acquired or paid for.
