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Prompt action has to be taken by the concerned authorities for removal of the illegally constructed buildings in the Cantonment area and the Cantonment Boards should be vigilant and ensure that no further encroachments are made on defence land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Section 34 (1) (e) of the the Cantonments Act, 2006, enacted the existing Act of 1924 after taking into consideration the recommendations made by the Standing Committee of Parliament on Defence which called for tackling the encroachments on defence lands situated all over the country, provides for removal of a member of the Board who aids or abets encroachment and the illegal constructions on the defence land.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bench of Anil R. Dave and L. Nageswara Rao, JJ was dealing with the question regarding the right to vote of persons living in illegally constructed buildings in a Cantonment area. The Court held that the Cantonment Board is not authorized to include the encroachers in the voters list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was contended that the Rule 10 (3) of the Cantonment Electoral Rules, 2007 was in conflict with Section 28 of the Cantonments Act, 2006 Section 28 which states that a person who is not less than 18 years of age and who has resided in a Cantonment area for a period of not less than six months immediately preceding the qualifying date shall be entitled to be enrolled as an elector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining the meaning of the word \u2018resident\u2019 as used in Section 28 of the Act, the Court held that the scope of word \u2018resident\u2019 as defined in the Cantonment Act, 2006 is completely different from that of \u2018ordinarily resident\u2019 as defined in the Representation of the People Act, 1950. The restrictive definition of a \u2018resident\u2019 in the Act is peculiar to the Cantonments whereas the definition of \u2018ordinarily resident\u2019 is very wide. Even if a person is residing in an unauthorised structure he will be entitled to be included in the electoral rolls under the Representation of the People Act which is not the case with the Cantonment Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court, hence, rejected the contention and said that Rule 10 (3) of the 2007 Rules is not in conflict with Section 28 of the Act. On the other hand, Rule 10 (3) is strictly in conformity with Section 28 making only persons living in houses with numbers eligible to vote as it is clearly from the language of Rule 10(3) that the persons who are living in illegally constructed houses which are not assigned any number will not be entitled for inclusion in the electoral roll to be prepared in accordance with Rule 10 (3) of the 2007 Rules. \u00a0[Sunil Kumar Kori v. 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