Possession of the land is with the Encroachers, and not with the landowners.
Their traditional rights over this forestland
were not recognised in the past and they were seen as Encroachers.
People living in those forests were deemed Encroachers unless they followed a process to have their land“regularised”.
One 2018 letter makes
the plea,“Please help increase the national food output by securing the livelihood of gairan Encroachers.”.
According to
them, forests belong to the government and the communities living there are Encroachers who must be evicted.
It was in February 2019, while hearing the petition, that the SC had,
suddenly directed state governments to evict“Encroachers” or the“illegal forest dwellers”.
No matter how great the forces of the Encroachers are or how weak those who are being encroached upon are,
their success in the end is up to God.