Section 22(2) in The Jammu and Kashmir Housing Board Act, 1976
(2)Whenever the Board discontinues the public use of, or permanently closes, any public street or any part thereof vested in it, it shall, as far as practicable, provide some other reasonable means of access to be substituted in lieu of the use, by those entitled, of the street or part thereof and pay reasonable compensation to every person who is entitled, otherwise than as a mere member of the public, to use such street or part as a means of access and has suffered damage from such discontinuance or closing.
