HC issues notice to the Haryana Govt. for not removing the illegal shops from Public-Way in Gurgaon, allegedly constructed by the Former Haryana Cabinet Minister

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          Chandigarh: Thursday 28.04.2016: On Thursday Justice Paramjit Singh Dhaliwal of the Chandigarh High Court, issued notice to the Commissioner, Municipal, Gurgaon and Haryana Govt., for not removing the shops illegally constructed on the Green Belt/Service Road of the Colony. The Commissioner has been directed to file detailed report in the matter by 13 The order came after hearing Mr. Pardeep Rapria, Advocate for of residents of Firoz Gandhi Colony, Gurgaon, who argued before the High Court that Mr. Sukhbir Kataria, the former Haryana Minister, during his tenure as a Sarpanch of village – Gurgaon, had illegally got constructed shops on public-path and rented the same to his near and dear ones. The local resident raised hue and cry, but as the then Sarpanch Sukhbir Kataria had close association with INLD Party, therefore the voice of people was not heard by the authorities. Though, the rent-agreement had expired in the year 2005, but due to the patronage of the Sukhbir Kataria, who had become the Cabinet Minister in the congress regiem, the close relatives of minister kept on occupying the shops without any rent-agreement with Municipal Corporation. Moreover, it is alleged in the petition that these shops are not at all supposed on the Green Belt or Service-Road. Ironically, the present BJP Government also turned deaf-ear to the genuine grievance of the people; who were tormented by the anti-social elements; who gathers at the liquor and meat shops situated on the public-path. Therefore, left with no option the local residents knocked the doors of High Court.

            Mr. Rapria counsel for the Petitioner residents alleged that the civic authorities are hand-in-glove with the encroachers and due to extraneous considerations no action has been taken on the series of complaints of the residents since last more than fifteen years. Keeping in view the gravity of the case the High Court has directed the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Gurgaon to file details status report in the matter by 13.05.2016.