Today my family told me about a fraud done with us what can be done now??
I belong to a village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, where nearly 80–90 families are facing a long-standing land dispute involving approximately 200–250 acres of land situated in Jagatpur, Burari, Delhi. According to our family's history and the records available with us, our ancestors migrated from Rajasthan around 800 years ago and settled in our present village. Over time, some branches of the family moved to Jagatpur in search of fertile agricultural land and acquired this land legally. Around 60–70 years ago, severe flooding from the Yamuna River forced many of them to return to our village in Baghpat. Although they no longer resided on the land permanently, they continued to visit it occasionally and, to our knowledge, remained its lawful owners.
In the 1980s or 1990s, our families discovered that the land had allegedly been transferred fraudulently. According to the information and documents available to us, a person from Punjabi Bagh came into possession of the land on paper without any genuine sale by the rightful owners. We believe that several sale deeds were allegedly executed years after some of the original owners had already passed away, yet those documents purportedly bore their thumb impressions. In other cases, some recorded owners were still alive but maintain that they never sold their land or authorized any such transaction. It is also alleged that one individual involved in the scheme arranged for unrelated persons, including daily wage labourers and rickshaw drivers, to provide thumb impressions that were used to facilitate these transactions. We believe these circumstances indicate serious forgery and fraudulent transfer of property.
After discovering these issues, nearly the entire village came together in 2007 and collectively contributed around ₹8–9 lakh to pursue legal action. The case continued for approximately two to three years. During this period, the person claiming ownership reportedly attempted to reach a settlement with our villagers, but the offer was declined because the families believed the land rightfully belonged to them. The case was ultimately dismissed. Some villagers believe the proceedings were influenced by corruption, although this remains their belief and not something established by a court. Today, while the disputed land is reportedly recorded in another person's name on paper, it is physically occupied by residents of Jagatpur who have encroached upon it. Whenever members of our village attempted to assert possession after serving legal notices, they allegedly faced resistance and confrontation.
Even today, the affected families possess ancestral documents, revenue records, and other papers which they believe establish their ownership and raise serious questions about the validity of the disputed transfers. One of the strongest factual issues, in our view, is that certain sale deeds appear to have been executed after the deaths of the alleged sellers, while other purported sellers were alive and deny having sold their land. We are seeking an impartial legal review of all historical records, sale deeds, revenue documents, and previous court proceedings to determine whether the alleged fraudulent transfers can be challenged and whether the rightful owners or their legal heirs can recover their land through appropriate legal remedies.