High court puts marble traders’ eviction on hold
In a relief to marble traders operating in the west Delhi area, the high court has restrained the city government from evicting them from their premises.
The PWD sought to acquire plots on the ground that the occupation of land by these traders was illegal as no prior sanction had been obtained by them from the Delhi Development Provisional Authority.
It also submitted that illegal occupation of the land by traders had held up the expansion of the Ring Road and was causing inconvenience to the commuters. The court, however, was not satisfied by the PWD’s contention and restrained them from taking any action against the traders.
“Respondents (government and civic agencies) shall not remove the petitioners’ shops and structures located in Block C-1, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi or in any manner interfere with the possession,” Justice S. Murlidhar said.
The court passed the order on a petition filed by 17 traders of Rajouri Garden seeking a direction to restrain PWD and government of national capital territory of Delhi from removing their marble shops located on the plots
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