NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered resumption of the sealing drive against illegal constructions in Delhi while specifying that violators would now be given 48 hours, as an alternative of the earlier seven days, to turn cause why their properties not be sealed.
Sending a stern warning to netas to not attempt stalling the drive, a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta summoned Najafgarh zone committee chairman Mukesh Suryan for allegedly interfering and combating the sealing drive by way of civic authorities beneath the supervision of the SC-appointed tracking committee.
Builders liable for illegality to be blacklisted
Asking Suryan to reply in 10 days and be present within the courtroom, the bench asked South Delhi Municipal Corporation to submit original files in relation to sudden transfer of deputy commissioner Vishwendra Singh allegedly at the complaint of Suryan after a sealing drive within the space. SDMC, via senior recommend Sanjiv Sen, termed the transfer regimen.
In crucial construction, the bench approved attorney common Okay Okay Venugopal’s advice, which has been integrated within the place of business memorandum issued on May 23 by way of the ministry of housing and concrete affairs, that the builder, contractor and architect of illegal constructions be not only penalised but also blacklisted for future paintings. “This will probably be a deterrent,” additional solicitor common A S Nadkarni stated. The bench asked the Centre to inform the provision for blacklisting of deviant contractors, developers and architects in two weeks.
Accepting the advice of amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar, the bench stated every time officials detected building of an unauthorised or illegal construction, they will have to take steps to straight away forestall the construction.
The bench directed Delhi Police to provide ok protection to officials engaged within the sealing drive. “There is no point in pronouncing the location is unstable and therefore the sealing drive can't be performed. It is the obligation of the police to take care of regulation and order so that officials can carry out their job,” it stated.
The courtroom ordered DDA and civic authorities to explore the potential for virtual mapping of Delhi to enable them to discover unauthorised structures and illegal constructions, which had come up in a long time throughout the “brought on sleep of officials who had been tasked to stay a check on such structures”.
DDA vice-chairman and SDMC deputy commissioner had been present within the courtroom following lawsuits that the sealing drive had not been going down as consistent with the courtroom’s orders. The DDA vicechairman advised the courtroom that a pilot project with Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was beneath way for geo-fencing of round 7,000 acres of DDA land to prevent encroachment.
The bench stated, “The ministry of housing and concrete affairs shall explore virtual mapping of Delhi via National Informatics Centre (NIC), Isro or every other department of the Union govt.” Justice Lokur stated NIC had most likely done it and sought after the counsel to check with NIC about virtual mapping of Delhi.
Amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar and A D N Rao advised the courtroom that Delhi’s lanes and bylanes had been dotted with monuments and ancient structures. But senseless notifying of roads for combined use had led to “grasping folks” encroaching on protected monuments. On his advice, the SC ordered that the special job drive set up by way of the Union ministry would come with a senior reputable of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) while endeavor id of unauthorised constructions.
DDA knowledgeable the courtroom that it had launched an app on July nine to enable Delhi residents to bitch about unauthorised or illegal building. Venugopal advised the courtroom that Delhi have been divided into 32 grids, each assigned to a nodal officer who can be held in command of any illegal or unauthorised construction coming up within the space beneath his/her jurisdiction. The authority stated media studies that over 1,000 lawsuits had been won at the first day of the app had been highly exaggerated. The DDA vice-chairman stated within the first week, 431 lawsuits had been won of which 138 instances had been addressed, together with demolition, sealing and removal.
Sending a stern warning to netas to not attempt stalling the drive, a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta summoned Najafgarh zone committee chairman Mukesh Suryan for allegedly interfering and combating the sealing drive by way of civic authorities beneath the supervision of the SC-appointed tracking committee.
Builders liable for illegality to be blacklisted
Asking Suryan to reply in 10 days and be present within the courtroom, the bench asked South Delhi Municipal Corporation to submit original files in relation to sudden transfer of deputy commissioner Vishwendra Singh allegedly at the complaint of Suryan after a sealing drive within the space. SDMC, via senior recommend Sanjiv Sen, termed the transfer regimen.
In crucial construction, the bench approved attorney common Okay Okay Venugopal’s advice, which has been integrated within the place of business memorandum issued on May 23 by way of the ministry of housing and concrete affairs, that the builder, contractor and architect of illegal constructions be not only penalised but also blacklisted for future paintings. “This will probably be a deterrent,” additional solicitor common A S Nadkarni stated. The bench asked the Centre to inform the provision for blacklisting of deviant contractors, developers and architects in two weeks.
Accepting the advice of amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar, the bench stated every time officials detected building of an unauthorised or illegal construction, they will have to take steps to straight away forestall the construction.
The bench directed Delhi Police to provide ok protection to officials engaged within the sealing drive. “There is no point in pronouncing the location is unstable and therefore the sealing drive can't be performed. It is the obligation of the police to take care of regulation and order so that officials can carry out their job,” it stated.
The courtroom ordered DDA and civic authorities to explore the potential for virtual mapping of Delhi to enable them to discover unauthorised structures and illegal constructions, which had come up in a long time throughout the “brought on sleep of officials who had been tasked to stay a check on such structures”.
DDA vice-chairman and SDMC deputy commissioner had been present within the courtroom following lawsuits that the sealing drive had not been going down as consistent with the courtroom’s orders. The DDA vicechairman advised the courtroom that a pilot project with Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) was beneath way for geo-fencing of round 7,000 acres of DDA land to prevent encroachment.
The bench stated, “The ministry of housing and concrete affairs shall explore virtual mapping of Delhi via National Informatics Centre (NIC), Isro or every other department of the Union govt.” Justice Lokur stated NIC had most likely done it and sought after the counsel to check with NIC about virtual mapping of Delhi.
Amicus curiae Ranjit Kumar and A D N Rao advised the courtroom that Delhi’s lanes and bylanes had been dotted with monuments and ancient structures. But senseless notifying of roads for combined use had led to “grasping folks” encroaching on protected monuments. On his advice, the SC ordered that the special job drive set up by way of the Union ministry would come with a senior reputable of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) while endeavor id of unauthorised constructions.
DDA knowledgeable the courtroom that it had launched an app on July nine to enable Delhi residents to bitch about unauthorised or illegal building. Venugopal advised the courtroom that Delhi have been divided into 32 grids, each assigned to a nodal officer who can be held in command of any illegal or unauthorised construction coming up within the space beneath his/her jurisdiction. The authority stated media studies that over 1,000 lawsuits had been won at the first day of the app had been highly exaggerated. The DDA vice-chairman stated within the first week, 431 lawsuits had been won of which 138 instances had been addressed, together with demolition, sealing and removal.
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