SC pulls up Railways for not protecting its property against encroachers

The Supreme Court Monday pulled up the Railways for not acting against encroachers on its land in Gujarat, where a railway line is scheduled to come up, and said they are not protecting their property.

Observing that it is the statutory obligation of the Railways to initiate action against the encroachers, the apex court said the public project has to go on and the authority should have taken action on this.

The project has to go on. It is a public project. You are making mockery of your plans and budgeting arrangements. Remove those who are encroachers. There is law for removal. You are not invoking that law, a bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and C T Ravikumar said.