• Fencing inside my private villa land

I have purchased a villa with extra land 1593 sq feet in Bangalore . Now Builder has put fencing inside my land cutting into two parts of the land and has kept approximatly 300 sq ft for landscaping. 
At the time purchase they tols us fencing ll be provided by the builder around our villa and extra land. 
Now at the time of possession they are saying it has been decided by design team to put boundry wall in side my land and taking oustside land. which they have seperated by boundry ( which belongs to me ) for landscaping .
This was not informed to us earlier and I do not want to give my land to builder for landscaping. I have paid for full land . I feel this is trespassing by the builder. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated .
Asked 7 years ago in Property Law
Religion: Hindu

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12 Answers

Hello,

If the builder is encroaching upon the land that has been allotted to you then you can claim compensation for the same from the builder.

Send a legal notice to the builder and if he does not refund the money for encroaching the land then file a case before the consumer forum.

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Anilesh Tewari
Advocate, New Delhi
18103 Answers
377 Consultations

Dear client,

You are absolute owner. Builder has no such authority and encroching. You can complain to police for creating nuisence on your purchase land.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
23082 Answers
31 Consultations

Builder cannot take land belonging to you for landscaping without your consent

2) if you have purchased extra land you are absolute owner of said land

3) issue builder legal notice to remove the fencing

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
99796 Answers
8147 Consultations

Sir issue a legal notice to builder that this is enchroachment to the land and further you shall not give for land scapping or recovery extra cost of the land for land scapping from the builder issue the demand of the refund of amount for the land used in land scapping.

Further file a consumer complaint to recover if on legal notice he refuses to pay.

Shubham Jhajharia
Advocate, Ahmedabad
25513 Answers
179 Consultations

This is my response to you:

1. You can first send a legal notice to this person;

2. You have full merits in your case;

3. You can also file complain to the police because the other person is a trespasser and this is a criminal offence;

4. You can also file a suit in the civil court;

5. File an injunction application;

6. Consult a local lawyer and take steps.

Gowaal Padavi
Advocate, Mumbai
1919 Answers
5 Consultations

Dear Sir,

It is both criminal trespass and civil trespass. You may take both actions. Immediately you may file suit for injunction and also file a criminal complaint with police.

447. Punishment for criminal trespass

Whoever commits criminal trespass shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, with fine or which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.

Sections 441 to 462 of the IPC deal with the offence of criminal trespass and its aggravated forms. Trespass is generally a civil wrong for which the defendant can sue for damages but when this trespass is committed with a criminal intention, it is treated as an offence and made punishable under the IPC.

Section 441. Criminal trespass.—Whoever enters into or upon property in the possession of another with intent to commit an offence or to intimidate, insult or annoy any person in possession of such property, or having lawfully entered into or upon such property, unlawfully remains there with intent thereby to intimidate, insult or annoy any such person, or with intent to commit an offence, is said to commit “criminal trespass”.

Section 441 has two parts. The first part is regarding entry into property in the possession of someone else with the intention to commit some offence or to intimidate, insult or annoy that person. The second part refers to the remaining in the property unlawfully, after entering into it lawfully, with the intention of committing an offence or insulting,

Kishan Dutt Kalaskar
Advocate, Bangalore
6230 Answers
499 Consultations

regarding for the purpose of protect property from illegal possession file a suit for permanent injunction and in such case the competent hon'ble court may be granted relief interim injuction / temp. injuction .

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19325 Answers
32 Consultations

Hi,

You may proceed against the builder for such an act and capture your land besides taking compensation for damages suffered due to his present act.

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
7169 Answers
16 Consultations

You must have mentione details of land like measurement in your sale deed. If yes then file a case of tresspass.

Abhilasha Wanmali
Advocate, Nagpur
1021 Answers
1 Consultation

Is your title deed states that you have a share of additional land of 1593sqft. If yes then its your personal property and the builder has no right to earmark for landscaping. The land reserving for open space like landscaping must be done before entering sale deed with you.

You can file Injunction suit in court praying to remove such encroachments on your personal property.

Jamal Sait
Advocate, Bangalore
168 Answers
2 Consultations

1. You can file a Police FIR, requesting investigation and charge-sheet, for offences like cheating, intimidation, trespassing against the person, supported with all relevant supporting documents.

2. IF the Police does not take action, THEN you can file private criminal case u/s 156(3) Cr.P.C., in the local Magistrates court, seeking directions to the Police to investigate and file charge sheet.

Keep Smiling .... Hemant Agarwal

Hemant Agarwal
Advocate, Mumbai
5612 Answers
25 Consultations

You can issue a legal notice to the builder instructing him to give up his proposed plan to occupy your porperty for any purpose.

You can approach civil court with a mandatory injunction suit against the builder restraining him from proceeding with the proposed project.

Before that ascertain that this property belongs to you as per the registered sale deed in your possession.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
89998 Answers
2496 Consultations

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