• Gomala land

We were enjoying 10 cents of gomala land along with our 4.5 acres survey number, we have already given that land to the nearby villagers for utilisation of that pice of land for drinking water to the animals 10 years back, now can our neighbour who is on the other side of the road claim this pice of land belongs to his survey number, can we retain this land as village land for the animals, as this is a GOMALA LAND?
Asked 13 days ago in Property Law
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Gomala land is land owned by government. It cannot utilized by any other purpose than for grazing animals. Such land cannot be claimed by any private individual. It remains gomala till the  government changes it use for any other purpose.

Ravi Shinde
Advocate, Hyderabad
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Gomala land is a government-owned and designated area specifically for grazing land for livestock and cannot be sold. It is meant to serve the community's needs, particularly those who rely on farm animals. for their livelihood. In this situation you also cannot claim ownership r title to the property.  However if the other party is claiming ownership you can make a complaint against him with the local revenue authorities to take action and prevent him from claiming ownership over this property.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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Gomala land cannot be used by private parties even for charitable purposes. More ever the said land is in other survey number on the other side of road. 

Ravi Shinde
Advocate, Hyderabad
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1. Gomala land is Government property, reserved primarily for feeding the livestock.

2.  Your neighbour on the other side of the road can't claim that the gomala land belongs to his survey number, unless and until it's granted to him by the Government.

3.  Based on (2) above, villagers can retain this gomala land, as grazing ground for animals.

Shashidhar S. Sastry
Advocate, Bangalore
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neighbour can claim the land as he is absolute owner of land as it falls under his survey number 

 

you cannot retain said land 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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you can use land for public service like drinking water for stray animals  only with neighbour consent 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
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The gomala land  is government land and mostly designated area specifically for grazing land for livestock  hence nobody can claim ownership over it.

if you want to use it for feeding the animals with drinking water and other purposes to take care of the animals you may better obtain permission from the government authorities to set up a charity trust to take care of the animals in the gomala land.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
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He can’t claim in such a manner you can file appropriate proceedings and seek injunction against him

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
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Gomala land is government land reserved for grazing and cannot be privately owned or transferred.

  1. If the land falls under your neighbor’s survey number, he may claim it, but only if he has legal ownership.

  2. You can petition local authorities (Panchayat/Tahsildar) to retain it as common land for animal use.

  3. File a representation to the Revenue Department requesting formal recognition of its public utility.

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Shubham Goyal
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