Lack of personnel is no reason for the BMC to
contend that it cannot deal with complaints of unauthorized construction, said
Bombay high court on Friday .
Todetecttheincreasingnumbersofillegalstructures,themunicipalcommissionerisdirectedbythecourttosetupacommitteeofofficerswithintwoweeks.The
committee was directed to determine within six weeks thereafter the number of
posts it will require.
A bench
of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice A P Bhangale passed the direction after BMC's
senior advocate Anil Singh said the civic body receives several complaints
daily and it is not possible with existing manpower to identify them. The
judges said toputactionsintoimplementationtheylackmanpowerhence the civic body
can always create additional posts for the job.
The
court heard a PIL by SayyadRizvi regarding civic inaction on complaints of
illegal structures in P North ward (Malad west). His petition said there were
3,000 unauthorized structures, including bungalows on Madh-Marve Road and
nearby areas. His advocate, DiwakarDwivedi, argued that despite several
complaints the civic body has not taken action. In its order, the bench also
noted that no attempt has been made by the BMC to identify even the structures
that are “adequately described“ byRizvi. It granted the designated officer two
months to visit the sites of such alleged unauthorized structures. If the
officer finds some structures are illegal, then he shall initiate action for
demolition forthwith. After this exercise, the officer shall identify other
illegal structures mentioned in Rizvi's complaints. The court has directed a
compliance report (also regarding creation of posts) to be filed before the
next hearing on June 29.
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