Under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971, the authority empowered to evict unauthorised occupants of public premises is the:

Section 5 of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971 empowers an ESTATE OFFICER, appointed for the purpose and holding or deemed to hold that office, to evict an unauthorised occupant from public premises. Section 4 requires that notice be given to the occupant, who may show cause. The statute is a special, summary procedure that displaces the ordinary civil court's jurisdiction in respect of eviction from public premises (Section 15 ousts civil-court jurisdiction). The Estate Officer's order is appealable before the District Judge. This Act is especially relevant to PSUs like IndianOil holding government land.