Plea in HC against Jayanth house razing
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Kolkata: A petitioner, claiming to be a resident of an illegal four-storey house at Ariadaha under the Kamarhati Municipality, on Tuesday challenged the demolition notice served by the civic body, as directed by the Calcutta High Court.
The house in question is White House, owned by Jayanth Singh, prime suspect in a mob violence case. The petitioner, Prasant Singh, in his application before the division bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha and Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta, pleaded that the Kamarhati Municipality didn't serve him a notice to vacate the building, where he was a resident. Singh's counsel said the municipality served the notice to Jayanth, mentioning June 15 as the demolition date.
The counsel said Prasant was a resident of that house and the municipality didn't serve him a notice. when Sec 218 of West Bengal Municipal Act provided for a notice. HC gave a chance to Prasant for a hearing, provided he proved he was a genuine resident of the house.
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