An Ahmedabad land grabbing case has been registered against a mother and her son for allegedly retaining possession of a rented house in the Singarwa area of Nikol after stopping rent payments and refusing to vacate, according to a report by Gujarat Samachar – Ahmedabad.
The case was filed at Nikol police station against Sharadaben Raval and her son, Pintu Raval, under provisions of Gujarat’s law prohibiting land grabbing. Police began investigating after the district collector-led land grabbing committee examined the property owner’s application and gave approval for further action.
The disputed property is House No. 15 in Amarnath Park, Singarwa. The house was purchased in 2018 by Jitendrakumar Vasoya, who lives in India Colony in Bapunagar and operates a tools business at Sumel-7, the report said. Vasoya subsequently rented the house to Sharadaben in 2019 for residential use at a monthly rent of Rs 4,500.
According to the report, the family paid rent regularly under agreements renewed from time to time between 2019 and 2023. The rent allegedly stopped in January 2024. Vasoya is then said to have approached the occupants in person on several occasions, asking them to clear the outstanding rent and vacate the house.
The report said the mother and son refused to leave and continued occupying the property. The owner subsequently filed an application before the land grabbing committee at the district collector’s office after the house was not vacated.
The committee, chaired by the district collector, conducted an inquiry into the matter and gave a favourable opinion, according to the report. On the basis of that approval, Nikol police registered the case under various sections of the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act and started further investigation.
The case highlights the formal administrative route involved when a property owner alleges that possession of a property has continued unlawfully. In this instance, the police action followed an application to the collector’s office, an inquiry by the district-level committee and approval before registration of the offence.
The available report does not provide details of the exact sections invoked, the total rent allegedly outstanding, the occupants’ response, or any court proceedings following registration of the case. The immediate next step is the police investigation into the allegations and the circumstances surrounding the continued occupation of the house.
