UT tells HC illegal hotels in Burail, Kajheri, Attawa villages liable to be demolished

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Taking the Administration’s reply on record, the division bench comprising Justices Rajive Bhalla and Amol Rattan Singh adjourned the case till July 2. Last year, the Corporation had ordered that in case the hotels and guest houses failed to submit the revised building plans, their structures would be demolished. But the court had in December stayed the Corporation’s notices.

The petitioners had informed the court that there was a division bench judgment earlier, wherein it was held that the Capital of the Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, was applicable to the area, which was notified to be part of Capital Project prior to November 1, 1966, and that Kajeri village was not part of the Capital Project. Therefore, the rules framed under the Capital of the Punjab Act are not applicable to Kajheri though the premises shall be governed by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act as extended to Chandigarh.