Jammu: Big relief to former Deputy Chief Minister! Nirmal SinghThe Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has stayed the order passed by the Jammu Development Authority to demolish his house on the outskirts of the city within five days.
The tribunal, headed by judicial member Rajesh Sekri, ordered that the November 8 order stand stayed and the parties were directed to maintain status quo till December 7.
The Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has issued a notice to the BJP leader asking him to demolish his palatial bungalow near the Army’s ammunition sub-depot in Nagrota’s Ban village.
Singh and his family had moved into the building on July 23 last year, even though the High Court had in May 2018 directed officials to ensure “strict implementation” of a 2015 notification that provided the general public with 1,000 yards of defence. Any construction inside should be prohibited. Work.
The special tribunal on Friday granted relief to Singh after his wife Mamta Singh, through her lawyers, filed an application and submitted that she was the owner of a four-kanal residential plot, which was purchased on May 20, 2014 and that area Where the land is situated, which is outside the jurisdiction of any development authority.
The counsel submitted that the appellant took up the construction of the house and the structure was completed in all respects by the beginning of the year 2017.
“Some interior finishing work was subsequently completed and the appellant is living peacefully in the house with his family since then. During the entire period of construction and thereafter, no complaint regarding the construction of the house was made by any development authority and well before the commencement of the Jammu Master Plan, 2032 notified on 3rd March. It was over 2017, in which 103 villagers (including Ban) were accommodated and the JDA had jurisdiction,” he said challenging the demolition notice.
In its demolition order, the JDA had stated that the building was constructed without obtaining valid permission from the competent authority.
“… you are directed to remove the illegal construction at your level within five days from the date of issue of the order. If you fail to remove the illegal construction within the stipulated period, it will be demolished. Enforcement wing of JDA and the cost of removal will be recovered from you as arrears of land revenue,” the JDA said.
On May 7, 2018, the high court had asked all concerned to maintain status quo till the final disposal of the Army’s plea, which claimed that the building was in violation of prescribed norms.
Raising safety and security concerns in view of the building’s proximity to ammunition depots, the Center had filed two petitions before the High Court.
Singh had earlier claimed that it was a political conspiracy against him.
The 2000 square meter piece of land was bought in 2000 by Himgiri Infrastructure Development Pvt Ltd, whose shareholders included the former Deputy Chief Minister. Kavinder Gupta and BJP MP Jugal Kishore and lion.
Gupta, however, claimed that he had resigned from the company.
Construction work on the plot began in 2017, following which the Army sent a letter to Nirmal Singh, who was the then deputy chief minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government. act of defense ,Water), 1903 which forbids any construction activity up to 1,000 yards (about 914 m).
The construction activity comes about 581 yards from the depot boundary.
A contempt notice was also moved by the central government in 2018 against Mamta Singh for allegedly violating the 2015 order of the then deputy commissioner of Jammu in which the army depot was notified by the then state government .
The Defense Ministry had also filed a writ petition on May 3, 2018 after the local administration and police failed to implement the 2015 order.
The tribunal, headed by judicial member Rajesh Sekri, ordered that the November 8 order stand stayed and the parties were directed to maintain status quo till December 7.
The Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has issued a notice to the BJP leader asking him to demolish his palatial bungalow near the Army’s ammunition sub-depot in Nagrota’s Ban village.
Singh and his family had moved into the building on July 23 last year, even though the High Court had in May 2018 directed officials to ensure “strict implementation” of a 2015 notification that provided the general public with 1,000 yards of defence. Any construction inside should be prohibited. Work.
The special tribunal on Friday granted relief to Singh after his wife Mamta Singh, through her lawyers, filed an application and submitted that she was the owner of a four-kanal residential plot, which was purchased on May 20, 2014 and that area Where the land is situated, which is outside the jurisdiction of any development authority.
The counsel submitted that the appellant took up the construction of the house and the structure was completed in all respects by the beginning of the year 2017.
“Some interior finishing work was subsequently completed and the appellant is living peacefully in the house with his family since then. During the entire period of construction and thereafter, no complaint regarding the construction of the house was made by any development authority and well before the commencement of the Jammu Master Plan, 2032 notified on 3rd March. It was over 2017, in which 103 villagers (including Ban) were accommodated and the JDA had jurisdiction,” he said challenging the demolition notice.
In its demolition order, the JDA had stated that the building was constructed without obtaining valid permission from the competent authority.
“… you are directed to remove the illegal construction at your level within five days from the date of issue of the order. If you fail to remove the illegal construction within the stipulated period, it will be demolished. Enforcement wing of JDA and the cost of removal will be recovered from you as arrears of land revenue,” the JDA said.
On May 7, 2018, the high court had asked all concerned to maintain status quo till the final disposal of the Army’s plea, which claimed that the building was in violation of prescribed norms.
Raising safety and security concerns in view of the building’s proximity to ammunition depots, the Center had filed two petitions before the High Court.
Singh had earlier claimed that it was a political conspiracy against him.
The 2000 square meter piece of land was bought in 2000 by Himgiri Infrastructure Development Pvt Ltd, whose shareholders included the former Deputy Chief Minister. Kavinder Gupta and BJP MP Jugal Kishore and lion.
Gupta, however, claimed that he had resigned from the company.
Construction work on the plot began in 2017, following which the Army sent a letter to Nirmal Singh, who was the then deputy chief minister in the PDP-BJP coalition government. act of defense ,Water), 1903 which forbids any construction activity up to 1,000 yards (about 914 m).
The construction activity comes about 581 yards from the depot boundary.
A contempt notice was also moved by the central government in 2018 against Mamta Singh for allegedly violating the 2015 order of the then deputy commissioner of Jammu in which the army depot was notified by the then state government .
The Defense Ministry had also filed a writ petition on May 3, 2018 after the local administration and police failed to implement the 2015 order.
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