Sayyed Ratanbhai Sayeed (D) Th. Lrs. & Ors. vs Shirdi Nagar Panchayat

 Sayyed Ratanbhai Sayeed (D) Th. Lrs. & Ors. vs Shirdi Nagar Panchayat - Supreme Court Important Judgment 2016 - 

 

On 22nd February, 2016, in the case of Sayyed Ratanbhai Sayeed (D) Th. Lrs. & Ors. vs Shirdi Nagar Panchayat & Anr. [Civil Appeal No.14016 of 2015], while granting relief to appellants-small scale shopkeepers located in the vicinity of the internationally revered seat of Shirdi Sai Baba who were facing ouster from their sites, the Supreme Court held that the “consequence of the appellants being uprooted from their present sites of business” “would spell an overall dislocation in their lives.”

The Bench held that the eviction of appellants “would assuredly eventuate a human problem” nevertheless “for the cause of paramount public interest, their eviction is unavoidable.” Accordingly, the Bench considered it appropriate to direct “the State and its functionaries to undertake an exercise to identify a suitable site to accommodate the appellants” but “in case the endeavour to identify an alternative plot does not yield any result inspite of sincere efforts, the appellants would then be entitled to adequate monetary compensation as quantified herein.”