Section 6 in The Jammu and Kashmir Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1988
6. Power to remove unauthorised construction, etc.
(1)No person shall-(a)erect or place or raise any building or any movable or immovable structure or fixture,(b)display or spread any goods,(c)bring or keep any cattle or other animal, on, or against, or in front of, any public premises except in accordance with the authority (whether by way of grant or any other mode of transfer) under which he was allowed to occupy such premises.(2)Where any building or other immovable structure or fixture has been erected, placed or raised on any public premises in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1), the estate officer may serve upon the person erecting such building or structure or fixture, a notice requiring him either to remove, or to show cause why he shall not remove such building or other structure or fixture from the public premises within such period, not being less than five days as he may specify in the notice; and on the omission or refusal of such person either to show cause or to remove such building or other structure or fixture from the public premises, or where the cause shown is not, in the opinion of the estate officer, sufficient, the estate officer may by order, remove or cause to be removed the building or other structure or fixture from the public premises and recover the cost of such removal from the person aforesaid as an arrear of land revenue.(3)Where any moveable structure or fixture has been erected, placed or raised, or any goods have been displayed or spread, or any cattle or other animal has been brought or kept, on any public premises, in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) by any person, the estate officer may, by order, remove or cause to be removed without notice, such structure, fixture goods, cattle or other animal, as the case may be, from the public premises and recover the cost of such removal from such persons as an arrear of land revenue.
