Supreme Court has asked the states to evict illegal occupants of village commons. This a report by Down to Earth on the apex court judgement which said that transfer of village community land for private & commercial use is illegal and asked all state governments to prepare schemes for eviction of illegal occupants of village community land & restore them back for the purpose it was originally meant for.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/return-village-land
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ravleen-kaur
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/down-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/common-property-resources
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-encroachments
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/patiala-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/panchayats
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/anantapur-d
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wastelands
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/grazing-lands
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land