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Locals vacate their shops aft PWD notices successful violence-hit Maharajganj country of Bahraich, UP, Saturday. (PTI Photo)
The Allahabad High Court connected Sunday granted 15 days to a conception of residents of Maharajganj colony successful Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich territory to respond to the demolition notices served connected them by the Public Works Department (PWD) successful the aftermath of communal clashes successful the country past week.
Earlier, the residents were fixed lone 3 days to reply, maintaining that the nonaccomplishment to respond to the notices wrong the stipulated clip volition pb to the demolition of structures and the outgo of removing these volition beryllium recovered from their owners.
A peculiar part seat of Justices Subhash Vidyarthi and A R Masoodi constituted connected Sunday evening passed the interim bid portion proceeding a petition filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR).
The petition contended that the authorities authorities issued the notices illegally and its enactment to initiate the demolition thrust violates the Supreme Court’s caller directives, banning bulldozer enactment but successful definite cases.
The PWD notices were pasted connected 23 structures, including 20 belonging to Muslims, connected Friday aft it was alleged that they were progressive successful the violence, which claimed the beingness of a youth, Ram Gopal Mishra, 22.
The notices stated that nary operation was permitted wrong 60 feet from the centre of the large territory roadworthy successful agrarian areas without anterior approval, directing them to supply the documentation of support for operation wrong 3 days oregon region the structures connected their own.
The bench, which listed the substance for proceeding connected October 23, said, “Leaving each the aspects of the substance open, what pricks the conscience of this tribunal is the issuance of notices to taxable the reply wrong a abbreviated span of 3 days. As to what fig of houses situated connected kilometre-38 of the Kundasar-Mahasi-Nanpara-Maharajganj territory roadworthy person been duly authorised for operation is besides not overmuch evident from the notices, which whitethorn necessitate clarity.”
“Without observing thing connected the merits astatine this stage, arsenic already observed, we assistance 3 days’ clip to the main lasting counsel to get implicit instructions… We further supply that successful lawsuit they record their reply to the announcement wrong a play of 15 days from today, the competent authorization shall see and determine the aforesaid by passing a speaking and reasoned order…,” it added. – With PTI INPUTS
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