{"id":9714,"date":"2026-09-14T10:59:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/?p=9714"},"modified":"2026-09-14T10:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T10:59:43","slug":"sikar-land-dispute-sc-sends-bajor-desert-safari-pil-back-to-rajasthan-hc-flags-16-68-hectare-government-land-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/sikar-land-dispute-sc-sends-bajor-desert-safari-pil-back-to-rajasthan-hc-flags-16-68-hectare-government-land-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Sikar Land Dispute: SC Sends Bajor Desert Safari PIL Back to Rajasthan HC, Flags 16.68-Hectare Government Land Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New Delhi:<\/strong> The Supreme Court has sent back PIL to the Rajasthan High Court challenging the alleged allotment of 16.68 hectares of government land in Bajor village, Sikar, to M\/s Bajor Desert Safari for setting up a desert safari camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymala Bagchi and Justice Mohana directed the petitioner to file a review petition before the Rajasthan High Court, which will now examine the factual issues involved in the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PIL Challenging 16.68-Hectare Land Allotment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The PIL sought cancellation of the allotment of Gair Mumkin government land, alleging that the land was being diverted for private use in violation of the applicable norms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raised Concerns Over Aravalli Land and Flood Protection<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The petitioner also raised concerns over the school playground and other adjoining parcels of land around the Aravallis, claiming that the area acts as a natural barrier to the flow of water from the hills and helps protect nearby villages and agricultural land from flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Petitioner Said HC Misread the PIL<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The PIL had earlier been dismissed in limine by a Division Bench of the Rajasthan High Court comprising Justice S.P. Sharma and Justice Maneesh Sharma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the Supreme Court, the petitioner argued that the High Court had misread the actual prayer and controversy and had failed to examine the nature and status of the 16.68-hectare land in Bajor, Sikar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was also pointed out that a separate petition concerning part of the disputed land was already pending before a Single Judge of the High Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SC Flags Renumbering of School Playground Land<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Supreme Court specifically took note of the issue concerning the school playground land. The Bench observed that the 2-hectare parcel, originally allotted to Government Higher Secondary School, Bajor, was subsequently renumbered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Court further noted that this fact apparently was not brought to the notice of the Rajasthan High Court when the PIL was dismissed, warranting a fresh consideration of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SC Gives Fresh Opportunity Before Rajasthan HC<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After considering the factual background, the Supreme Court directed the petitioner to seek review of the earlier High Court order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bench further allowed the petitioner to raise both the issue concerning the school playground allotment and the other disputed parcels of land in Writ Petition No. 6171\/2026, pending before the Single Judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The matter will now return to the Rajasthan High Court for consideration of the disputed land allotments and the factual issues raised by the petitioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The petitioner was represented by AOR Aditya Jain, Advocates Sanwar Chaudhary and Amandeep Chauri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sent back PIL to the Rajasthan High Court challenging the alleged allotment of 16.68 hectares of government land in Bajor village, Sikar, to M\/s Bajor Desert Safari for setting up a desert safari camp. A Bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, Justice Joymala Bagchi and Justice Mohana … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wppp_is_locked":false,"_wppp_selected_plans":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,69],"tags":[3078,3076,3077,1634,3086,3082,48,659,43,150,2023,3079,32,55],"class_list":["post-9714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","category-rajasthan-high-court","tag-bajor-desert-safari","tag-bajor-village","tag-desert-safari-camp","tag-government-land","tag-government-land-allotment","tag-land-allotment-dispute","tag-legal-news","tag-rajasthan-hc","tag-rajasthan-high-court","tag-rajasthan-legal-news","tag-sikar","tag-sixteen-point-sixty-eight-hectares","tag-supreme-court","tag-supreme-court-of-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9715,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9714\/revisions\/9715"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lawsandlegals.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}