Shimla, Sept 20 – The Himachal Kisan Sabha (HKS) has welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to maintain status quo on the eviction of small and marginal farmers under the Himachal Pradesh Land Revenue Act, calling it a major relief for lakhs of poor families staring at displacement.
Dr. Kuldip Singh Tanwar, president of the HKS, said the Sabha along with apple growers’ unions, dairy producers, and other farmers’ organizations had been struggling for the last 10 months against “anti-farmer policies and laws” that threaten the survival of the state’s poorest communities, including widows, Dalits, tribals, OBCs, and landless labourers.
“The August 5 decision of the Himachal High Court scrapping Section 163A of the Land Revenue Act and ordering eviction by February 28, 2026, had pushed lakhs of poor farmers into uncertainty. The Supreme Court’s September 19 order has given them temporary relief, but the larger battle is to amend outdated policies that have remained unchanged for 45 years,” Dr. Tanwar said.
He added that the struggle is not just about land but also about the right to life guaranteed under the Constitution.
“If we want to give genuine relief to poor and marginal farmers, governments at the state and central level must change these anti-people laws.
This is possible only through united struggle,” he said, urging affected families to organize themselves and continue the fight.
The HKS thanked the Supreme Court for intervening but warned that without policy changes, the threat to poor farmers’ homes and livelihoods will continue.
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