State government says fresh proposal needed to put Savarkar Sadan on heritage list
The affidavit filed by Deputy Director of Town Planning, Lalit Khobragade, said that, "The contribution by Swatantraveer Shri Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is held in high esteem and with a sense of pride by all the departments of the State Government and that this Respondent will take all necessary and effective steps as are required to deal with the subject of the present Petition with utmost responsibility and while following due process of law."There was much correspondence between various departments of the government on the issue, but all that was lost in June 2012, when a huge fire erupted in Mantralaya, which led to extensive damage to the building and the loss of important government records, including files related to this issue.Now, the Maharashtra government will need a fresh proposal, about which the BMC Commissioner was informed on July 9, stated the affidavit filed by Khobragade.Advocate Oorja Dhond, appearing for the BMC, said that the MHCC held a meeting on July 22 and has decided to send a proposal to the Maharashtra government for the same at the earliest.However, this was opposed by petitioner Pankaj Kumudchandra Phadnis, who is founder-president of an organisation called Abhinav Bharat Congress. The petitioner, an ardent follower and researcher of Savarkar, in his petition seeking Heritage status for the Savarkar Sadan, had sought that the state frame a special policy for compensating the living heirs of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar before including the Savarkar Sadan in the Heritage list or before declaring it as a Monument of National Importance.Phadnis insisted that the state decide the issue based on the 2010 proposal of the MHCC. However, in court, a builder to whom half the property of Savarkar Sadan has been sold by Savarkar's heirs has also approached the court, as they want to be heard before any such order is passed by the state giving Heritage status to the structure.advertisementThe bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Sandeep Marne directed Phadnis to respond in an affidavit and will be hearing the issue in three weeks.- Ends
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