SC asks Delhi High Court to Adjudicate Tata Camelot housing dispute
The Delhi High Court was asked by the Supreme Court to adjudicate the dispute pertaining to construction of, Tata Camelot, a much-hyped housing project in the vicinity of Sukhna Lake at Kansal village near Chandigarh.
Following an objection that some of the petitioners in the case had been judges in the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a bench led by Justice R M Lodha remanded the matter to the Delhi High Court. The bench has asked the Delhi High Court to decide the dispute by July 31. In the meantime, in accordance with an undertaking of the Tata Housing, the construction on site will remain stayed.
In order to avoid a court order to this effect, Tata’s counsel, on a previous date, was compelled to record the company’s undertaking “to maintain status quo in all respect” on the 53-acre land in the vicinity of the lake.
“We will not let you place even a brick. How and why this eyesore was approved? Losses would become irreparable, if the proposed constructions are found to be suffering from illegalities or other irregularities tomorrow. We have to stop it now,” the bench had said.
The court had said it was a “very severe matter” as to how it is now being claimed that a 36-storey building came up on 53-acre land, in the catchment area of the lake.
The court said that because of the proposed construction it had to ensure that no environmental hazards were caused.
The Rs 1,800-crore venture has been planned on 53.39 acres of land, near the Chandigarh Capitol Complex, which would have around 2,100 flats in 98 towers, ranging between 12 and 36 storeys. Since November 2010 the project’s fate has been hanging in the balance when it was challenged in the high court.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court, in August last year, had refused to halt the construction of the project, following which a bunch of 17 petitioners, together with a few judges of the High Court, moved the apex court. The petitioners had moved as members of the Sarin Memorial Legal Aid Foundation.
Source: Indian Express
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