Tipeshwar Tribals Move HC Over Lost Farmlands, Claim Compensation Unjust
In a petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, the affected farmers claimed they were uniformly given ₹10 lakh compensation in 2012, without differentiating between those who owned farmland and those who didn't. "While others lost homes, we lost our only source of livelihood—our ancestral farmland. No one explained this at the time of acquisition," the petition states.
A division bench comprising Justices Anil Kilor and Vrushali Joshi has issued notices to the state revenue and forest departments, the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), and district officials, seeking a response.
The petitioners, supported by the Tipeshwar Shetkari Sangharsh Samiti, have sought either separate compensation for farmland, alternative agricultural land, or employment for one family member. They referred to a 2015 government resolution (GR) offering enhanced compensation to those displaced by wildlife projects—a policy upheld in 2022 by the same court for 330 families from Maregaon village, also displaced by the Tipeshwar project.
"We were displaced under the same policy, yet Maregaon families received revised compensation while we were ignored. This is arbitrary and discriminatory," the petition states.
The plea further accuses authorities of misleading the families during resettlement and failing to respond to repeated representations. It also invokes the state's constitutional duty to protect the socio-economic rights of tribal communities, especially when their sole livelihood—agricultural land—is forcibly taken.
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