NEW DELHI: After 3 days of lull, sealing and anti-encroachment pressure is all set to resume against illegal constructions on 197 acres of land in Asola Bhati village of south Delhi with the Supreme Court on Monday lifting its keep on the ongoing pressure and permitting the government to continue as per the law.
The large demolition pressure was initiated in March underneath the route of a Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee to remove encroachment on govt and forest land. The encroaches had been issued notices to remove their encroachments themselves however they refused to comply with the order, forcing the government to do so against them.
As per an estimate, 99 acres out of total 197 acres of government land had been encroached upon within the space. Almost whole 26 acres of Gaon Sabha land has been usurped and 47 acres out of 142 acres of forest land has additionally been encroached upon through land grabber. The public land was encroached through land mafia who further sold them off as farmhouses to the rich and strong and allowed some organisations to set up ashrams.
The apex courtroom had on June 1 stayed the sealing and demolition operation after Asola Bhati Resident Welfare Association rushed to the courtroom alleging that right kind demarcation of personal and govt land had not been performed through the government prior to starting up the pressure. It had directed the government to handle status quo.
A holiday bench of Justices A K Goel and Ashok Bhushan, on the other hand, on Monday refused to continue the keep vacated the period in-between order. “We don't find any ground to entertain this writ petition underneath Article 32 of the Constitution. The writ petition is accordingly disregarded. However, this order will not debar every other treatment in keeping with law,” the bench stated and permitting the affiliation to way appropriate authority for redressal of its grievances.
The space has properties owned through the rich and strong, with politicians, businessmen and even a retired civil servant figuring within the record of encroachers on govt and forest land. The per acre cost of land here is estimated to be round Rs 20-25 crore. The land was extensively encroached upon within the type of farmhouses, boundary walls, semi-permanent structures and structures set up within the name of social organisations.
Asola has been within the news for fraudulent land offers. In February, some of these circumstances came underneath the scanner of the CBI and the company proceeded to sign in FIRs. Since the fraud was unearthed, the south district government, which have additionally filed police complaint within the case, have moved to rectify the illegal adjustments within the data and restored land standing to “gram sabha land”.
The large demolition pressure was initiated in March underneath the route of a Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee to remove encroachment on govt and forest land. The encroaches had been issued notices to remove their encroachments themselves however they refused to comply with the order, forcing the government to do so against them.
As per an estimate, 99 acres out of total 197 acres of government land had been encroached upon within the space. Almost whole 26 acres of Gaon Sabha land has been usurped and 47 acres out of 142 acres of forest land has additionally been encroached upon through land grabber. The public land was encroached through land mafia who further sold them off as farmhouses to the rich and strong and allowed some organisations to set up ashrams.
The apex courtroom had on June 1 stayed the sealing and demolition operation after Asola Bhati Resident Welfare Association rushed to the courtroom alleging that right kind demarcation of personal and govt land had not been performed through the government prior to starting up the pressure. It had directed the government to handle status quo.
A holiday bench of Justices A K Goel and Ashok Bhushan, on the other hand, on Monday refused to continue the keep vacated the period in-between order. “We don't find any ground to entertain this writ petition underneath Article 32 of the Constitution. The writ petition is accordingly disregarded. However, this order will not debar every other treatment in keeping with law,” the bench stated and permitting the affiliation to way appropriate authority for redressal of its grievances.
The space has properties owned through the rich and strong, with politicians, businessmen and even a retired civil servant figuring within the record of encroachers on govt and forest land. The per acre cost of land here is estimated to be round Rs 20-25 crore. The land was extensively encroached upon within the type of farmhouses, boundary walls, semi-permanent structures and structures set up within the name of social organisations.
Asola has been within the news for fraudulent land offers. In February, some of these circumstances came underneath the scanner of the CBI and the company proceeded to sign in FIRs. Since the fraud was unearthed, the south district government, which have additionally filed police complaint within the case, have moved to rectify the illegal adjustments within the data and restored land standing to “gram sabha land”.
Sealing drive to resume in Delhi's Asola Bhati
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