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IAS Durgashakti Nagpal's Action: 30-Year Government Land Encroachment Cleared in Gonda
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News18•28-09-2026, 19:33
IAS Durgashakti Nagpal's Action: 30-Year Government Land Encroachment Cleared in Gonda
- •Devi Patan Divisional Commissioner Durgashakti Nagpal's strict action resolved a three-decade-old government land dispute in Gonda.
- •Valuable nazul land in a posh area of Gonda, reserved for the Commissioner's office and residence, was encroached upon for 30 years.
- •The encroacher maintained illegal possession by falsely claiming to operate a school on the disputed land.
- •Investigation revealed the alleged school had neither students nor teachers, existing only on paper to grab land.
- •Faced with the Commissioner's tough stance, encroacher Dayanand Mishra himself filed an affidavit in court, vacating the possession.
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Valuable government nazul land plots numbered 514, 515, 524, and 525, which are reserved for the Commissioner's office and residential building in Gonda city, were successfully freed from a 30-year-old encroachment dispute.
A school was shown to be operating on the disputed plots to illegally maintain possession. However, investigations revealed that it was merely a fraud on paper with neither students nor teachers present.
Advocate Dayanand Mishra, a resident of Civil Lines Gonda, lost his nerve due to continuous monitoring and the tough stance of Divisional Commissioner Durgashakti Nagpal, prompting him to file an affidavit to close the case and remove his possession.
