GMADA again writes to DC, seeks eviction of land of Phase 1 Gau Hospital

RTI reveals facts, action still incomplete

An RTI (Right to Information Act) application was filed in this matter on November 26, 2024, but no information was provided within the stipulated time. Thereafter, an appeal was filed before the appellate authority on January 20, 2025, which passed an order on February 4, 2025, directing that the information be supplied. Despite this, GMADA did not provide the information.
Nearly six months later, a tragic incident occurred when a woman, who had come from abroad and was a relative of a police officer, died on the spot after being caught in a machine while feeding cows at the gaushala. Immediately after this incident, on August 18, 2025, GMADA responded to the information sought in 2024 and clearly stated that Gau Grass Sewa Samiti had neither been granted permission to run a gau hospital nor had any right to use the land — the occupation being unauthorised.

Two attempts to evict, zero outcome

GMADA attempted to remove the encroachment twice — on August 18, 2025, and again on November 12, 2025 — but both attempts failed. Subsequently, on October 28, 2025, GMADA wrote to the Deputy Commissioner, Mohali, seeking adequate police force to facilitate eviction of the land. Shockingly, the land has still not been vacated to date.

‘Now it remains to be seen when administration succeeds’

Advocate Jasbir Singh, who filed the RTI application, said, “GMADA and the Municipal Corporation are jointly set to launch, once again from Monday, a drive to remove illegal encroachments from their lands in Mohali. The big question now is whether the administration will succeed in removing the unauthorised occupation from this land worth crores in Phase 1 or not.”