Illegal Walled City bldgs: HC asks for compliance report
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Jaipur: A division bench of
Rajasthan High Court
Tuesday asked the state govt to comply with its Feb 25 order by July 7 in the case of 19 illegal buildings running commercial activities in residential area of Walled City.
The bench of Justice Indrajit Singh and Justice Anand Sharma gave this order while hearing the application filed by the building owners.
AAG GS Gill informed the court that out of 19 building owners, only 10 were heard, and the stance of 9 owners was yet to be known. "Therefore, the court should give three months' time to the state govt," Gill said. Opposing this, amicus curiae Shobhit Tiwari said three months was too much time for the
compliance report
.
Senior advocate Vimal Chaudhary, associated with the case, said the affected people hid facts from the court and did not inform about rejection of their SLP in Supreme Court. "In this case, the court's order should be implemented quickly," Chaudhary said.
On Feb 25, the High Court had directed the state govt to immediately seal the 19 buildings.
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