Residents and traders facing demolition along Jaipur’s New Sanganer Road have moved the Supreme Court against the Jaipur Development Authority’s road-widening drive, seeking urgent relief before the October 3 deadline to remove belongings and marked portions of their properties.
Lawyer Sumit Tetarwal said the apex court accepted the petition on Tuesday and listed it for hearing on Thursday. Tetarwal had earlier obtained a stay against a similar JDA eviction drive on Gandhi Path (West) in 2025.
The petition was filed a day after the Rajasthan high court sought the JDA’s response to a plea by the New Sanganer Traders Association challenging notices issued under Section 72 of the JDA Act, 1982. JDA enforcement officials served the notices late on Sunday, according to the report.
The notices gave residents and traders six days to remove their belongings and demolish portions of shops and houses identified by the authority as encroachments. The deadline ends on October 3, after which the JDA can begin the demolition drive. The report also refers to October 4 as the deadline for removal of structures.
New Sanganer Traders Association chairperson Pawan Sahu said the short notice period led the affected people to seek immediate intervention from the Supreme Court. “JDA has given us six days to demolish portions of our shops or houses marked as encroachments and remove our belongings. So we decided to move Supreme Court for immediate relief,” he said.
The dispute places road widening, enforcement powers and the protection of occupied homes and commercial premises in direct conflict. The notices were issued under the JDA Act, while the traders’ body has challenged their validity before the high court. The Supreme Court petition seeks relief before the authority’s stated deadline, according to the report.
As of Wednesday evening, none of the affected residents or traders had voluntarily removed their belongings or demolished the marked portions, the report said. Their position is that the properties represent significant personal and commercial assets and that demolition should not proceed without relief or compensation.
“We are not going to give up and surrender our assets to the state govt. The govt either needs to refrain from demolition or provide us appropriate compensation,” resident Anuradha Meena said.
The immediate next step is the Supreme Court hearing listed for Thursday. The high court is also due to hear the traders’ petition, with the report identifying October 6 as the next hearing date in that matter. The JDA’s response to the legal challenge will be central to the proceedings and to whether the demolition action proceeds against the marked structures.
