Two months time to re-examine and reconsider Akrama-Sakrama
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday gave two months to the government to re-examine and reconsider amendments brought out to the Country and Town Planning Act pertaining to the Akrama-Sakrama scheme. It adjourned the hearing of a batch of PILs challenging the Akrama-Sakrama policy brought out by the state government in 2007. The next hearing is scheduled for April 11.
“You can’t destroy cities or the state. The policy is yours, you take time, apply your mind. Re-examine and reconsider the controversy if necessary. The interim order passed on December 11, 2007 has given you that liberty,’’ a division bench headed by CJ J S Khehar observed.
The government advocate told the court that amendments to the Act were incorporated in 2009 and the same were passed by the legislature. “But the governor has not yet given his assent. In fact, a letter has been sent to the government by the governor’s office asking it to get the pending matter settled before the high court,’’ he said.
The petitioners have alleged that the proposal to compound up to 50% violation for residential structures and up to 25% violation for commercial buildings on payment of requisite fine or penal fee would lead to haphazard growth and choking of cities.
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