The families of two of India's best known authors, Arundhati Roy and Vikram Seth, have been issued notices by a local Madhya Pradesh court for allegedly encroaching on a tribal's land. Forest officials Nishikant Jadhav and J.C. Sharma are the other two parties in the case, who have allegedly built cottages on land belonging to Vijay Singh Desh in Hoshangabad's Pipariya district, 200 km from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Acting on a complaint, the local tehsildar court in Pipariya on Friday issued notices to all four occupants and asked them to remove the encroachments by July 7. According to the complaint, all four are said to have built their cottages on Mr Desh's land despite his objection.