DEMOLITION OF UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURE AT
BANGALORE
The High Court of Karnataka has STAYED the demolition of a building,
alleged to have violated the sanctioned building plan on the basis of a plaint
by the land lord stating that she had not been given an opportunity to be heard
etc.,
Justice
Ram Mohan Reddy of Karnataka High Court directed the BBMP to demolish the
unauthorised portions of the building at Richmond Road and report to him by
evening and this order was stayed by 4.30 p.m by the Chief Justice.
The building had come under High Court's scanner on Monday when Justice Ram Mohan Reddy slammed the civic agency for dilly-dallying on the demolition despite a BBMP engineer ordering the demolition a few months ago.
The court was hearing a case filed by members of neighbouring Rustumji Residency Owners Association against the BBMP east zone joint commissioner for neglecting a building bye-laws violation.
Though the BBMP sought time to carry out the demolition, the court refused and directed the officials to carry it out and report to it by 10:30 am on Wednesday.
Members of Rustumji Residency Owners Association were glad for the action being taken but said that it should have been taken up much earlier. "I still don't believe that officials are implementing the court's order. This they should have done this in August itself when their own assistant engineer had issued the demolition order. This could have saved more than Rs 2 crore which was spent by the builder to take up the construction work," he said. A real estate expert said there was a lesson to be learnt for anyone constructing individual house or an apartment block. "If the construction is taken up violating BBMP building bye-laws then it is liable to face demolition," he said.
MORE ILLEGAL AND UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES TO GO
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