The petitioner, a 74-year-old resident of Korba, Chhattisgarh, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alleging that his residential house, shop, and courtyard were illegally demolished on 09.01.2021 by the Municipal Corporation during a road-widening project along the Hasdeo Right Bank Canal Road, without prior notice, compensation, or rehabilitation under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The petitioner claimed his family had been residing on the land since 1990 with a No Objection Certificate from the Irrigation Department, following the original acquisition of his ancestral land in 1973. The Chhattisgarh High Court found that the petitioner's ancestral land had already been acquired and compensated, and that the petitioner had subsequently occupied a portion of the acquired land and raised constructions thereon without any legal right or authority. Relying on the Andhra Pradesh High Court's ruling in Thota Venkatadri v. State of Andhra Pradesh (2026 SCC Online AP 275), the Court held that illegal encroachers cannot claim compensation or invoke the RFCT Act, 2013, as the Act is intended for landowners with valid title and not for unauthorised occupants. Accordingly, the Court held that no legal right accrued in the petitioner's favour to claim compensation or rehabilitation for the removal of the unauthorised encroachment.