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Every day you wait, the encroacher's claim strengthens. We run an end-to-end response — survey, legal notice, injunction filing, ground action — so your possession stays documented and your case stays winnable.
Timing, evidence, and the right legal pathway decide the outcome — most owners get all three wrong.
NRI and absentee owners often discover encroachment months after it starts. By then the encroacher has built a shed, planted crops, or claims adverse possession. The longer the delay, the weaker your case.
Without dated, geo-tagged photos and a formal survey, courts have little to work with. Oral arguments and old documents aren't enough. We create a contemporaneous record the day we're engaged.
Filing a general civil suit when an injunction under the Specific Relief Act would have worked costs months and delivers nothing. We pick the right remedy for the exact fact pattern.
An encroachment response is time-critical — here's the sequence.
Our surveyor visits the site within 72 hours. Photographic evidence, boundary verification against Bhu Naksha, and formal documentation of current encroachment state.
Advocate-drafted legal notice served on the encroacher. Where appropriate, police complaint filed in parallel. Both establish dated legal record.
Where the encroacher continues, we file an injunction under the Specific Relief Act, 1963. Temporary injunction restrains further construction/occupation while the case proceeds.
Coordination with court bailiffs for removal orders. Ongoing site monitoring to prevent re-encroachment. Progress reports to you monthly until resolution.
End-to-end response — not a consultation, an operation.
Scoped after urgent site assessment
Five steps, in order: (1) document the encroachment with dated photos, witness statements, and a surveyor's sketch — evidence is everything, (2) issue a formal legal notice under Specific Relief Act within 72 hours flagging the trespass, (3) file a civil suit seeking mandatory injunction for removal and possession restoration, (4) parallel track: approach SDM / Tehsildar under the Uttarakhand Revenue Code for administrative action, (5) execute removal under court order with police cooperation. We run all five on your behalf.
Adverse possession under Indian law (Section 27, Limitation Act 1963) requires continuous, peaceful, open, and hostile possession for 12 years for private land (30 years for government land). If the encroachment is recent, the claim fails outright. If older, we build defense based on interruption events: any past legal notice you sent, paid tax receipts, visits you made, boundary-wall repairs, or revenue-record updates — each resets the hostile-possession clock. Swift action strengthens your position materially; delay is the only real danger.
Yes, through the administrative track under the Uttarakhand Revenue Code. A written complaint to the Tehsildar can trigger a patwari-led site inspection and removal order; appeals lie to the SDM and then to the Additional Commissioner. This track is faster than a civil suit (often resolved in 60–90 days) but only works where revenue records clearly favour you. We run administrative and civil tracks in parallel so you have two paths to removal.
A typical contested encroachment case runs ₹75,000 to ₹2,00,000 all-in over 6–18 months: advocate fees (₹40,000–₹1,20,000 depending on complexity and court level), surveyor and mapping fees (₹8,000–₹20,000), court fees (ad valorem — percentage of property value), process-serving and travel, and Hill Link's coordination retainer. Straightforward administrative-track removals cost less; prolonged high-court appeals cost more. We share a scoped line-item quote before any court work.
Yes. A narrowly-scoped Power of Attorney (for the specific encroachment matter only), apostilled or consular-attested in your country of residence, gives our advocate panel authority to file notices, suits, and appear before courts on your behalf. You never need to travel. Documented progress reports, photos, and filings reach you by email. Final settlement or consent decree still needs your signed authorisation — we don't act beyond scope.
Tell us what's happening. We'll get a surveyor on site and start legal drafting today.