GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH vs THUMMALA KRISHNA RAO & ANR.

The Supreme Court held that under Section 6 of the Land Encroachment Act, the government can only evict individuals in unauthorized occupation if there is no bona fide dispute regarding the title of the property. The Court found that the respondents had a legitimate claim to the land in question, which had been subject to acquisition proceedings, and thus could not be evicted through summary proceedings. The Court emphasized that complicated questions of title must be resolved through due process of law, not through summary eviction.