1. What were you doping all these 20 years, he may claim the title by perfecting the law of adverse possession hence even if you file any suit for declaration or possession of your encroached property, it may not be maintainable at this belated stage.

2. You can get the information through RTI act

3. Read the first answer above.

4. You may try and put your efforts for whatever worth it is.

5. You kept quite about the issue for more than 12 years, hence he get your suit dismissed operating the law of adverse possession.

6. Your side appears to be very weak.

7. It was your duty to protect your interests, how does the municipality come to know about this encroachment when the property owner did not raise the complaint or grievance at the right time when it was encroached by the neighbor.

8. No comments especially without seeing the document what you refer to.

You can consult a local advocate and look for any better solution/relief at this stage

Hello,

1. If you are unable to provide any proof to the court that you had been constantly and relentlessly pursuing the neighbor, your case can be hit by limitation.
2. You can apply using RTI and obtain the copies.
3. Once, you obtain the copy of the plan you can decide whether to approach the Municipality or Court. If the plan was approved you must approach the court and make the Municipality  a party.
4.  The survey can help you as tool against the Municipality in court.
5. To start with issue a legal notice to the neighbour demanding demolition of the encroaching portions of the structure.
6. Your getting justice is on the merit of the case and your neighbour being a Jain or rich has no role and money cannot buy justice.
7. The Municipality has erred in its judgement and need to be acted against..
8. If you have proof that the neighbour encroached upon, that's all you have to prove.

1) you should file suit seek orders to demolish illegal construction done on your property and to set aside order of regularisation 

2) you can before filing suit get survey done of extent of encroachment 

3) file RTI application as to documents submitted for regularisation 

4) you should get justice 

You should fight and seek orders to set aside order of regularisation and for demolition of unauthorised construction done on your property 

You land is your land, he has no right to encroach on your land.

1. There cannot be application of adverse possession against the owner. So far as limitation is concerned tile to recover possession of land is 12 years. But you have two options you have to claim that it is only now you discovered that your land is encroached by him. it is quite possible that a man may not notice encroachment by neighbor for a long time as the land encroached is not very big. The other option is claim that negotiations were going on but as the he finally declined you request, hence you approached the Court now. But the first option is best.
2. There is procedure for obtaining sanctioned building plans from municipal authority under municipality Act. When there is specific  law RTI  cannot be used.
3. Approaching Municipality is of no use, you have to approach Civil Court.
4. Municipal Authority will not entertain you as he can bribe them , but he cannot bribe the Court.
5. Issue him notice stating that you have discovered the encroachment and he should remove it warning of legal action and then file a suit for recovery of possession from him.
6. Only if you approach Court you will get full justice.
7. You should have the capability to enforce your rights. If you don’t want to enforce you rights, everyone will violate them.
8. Only the Court can get the encroached parts demolished, none other will do it.

Use the reason that you were abroad and property was rented most to the time that is why you cannot discover the encroachment.

The question is not about whether you have rented out of your property or you were  not in the country for half the time.

The question is about the fact that this construction of lintels and balcony in your place was done by your neighbor around 20 years ago, you cannot say that you were not knowing about this earlier, whereas you never took any legal action against the neighbor to remove the constructions done by encroaching your property.

Therefore the neighbor would take the plea of adverse possession because it is more than 12 years of the said construction and you never questioned this within 12 years from the date of knowledge, hence you may not be able to put up a strong fight to retrieve your encroached property, but this will not prevent you from discussing the issue in person with a local advocate and to proceed ahead if recommended 

Dear Sir,

 You may approach local civil Court and get assistance of Court commissioner.

You can file a complaint to municipality.

File a civil suit for cancellation of his forged documents

also file a FIR for cheating and Forgery before police