“The total area reported to have been encroached as on March 2012 was 8,536 hectares, against which 1,136 court cases were filed. During the audit period, additional 64 hectare area was reported to have been encroached rendering the total reported encroached area to 8,600 hectare as on March 2017,” the CAG report stated. As per the report, the majority of the encroachment was reported in Jaintia Hills division (8088.84 hectare).