Ref : E&R/Press/2005/Vinay.6/JSD

CERS to Challenge Provisions of GRUD Act

Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS), Ahmedabad has filed an application in the High Court of Gujarat as a respondent in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to challenge the validity of certain provisions of the Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development (GRUD) Act, 2001.

The Gujarat High Court had ordered the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on 4 May 2004 to demolish 55 shops, considered to be irregular construction, in the parking space of Vinay Arcade, near Maninagar Railway Station.

The alleged owner of the cellar of Vinay Arcade appealed to the Supreme Court of India against the Gujarat High Court order and contended that it had exceeded its jurisdiction in ordering the demolition and had proceeded in the case on the basis of some erroneously recorded facts.

The Supreme Court sent the matter back to the High Court with the direction to revive the matter and treat the proceedings as a public interest litigation.The Supreme Court’s directive to treat the case as a PIL is an opportunity for those aggrieved by the misuse of the GRUD Act, 2001. The Act has been enacted for the regularisation of illegal constructions, including those in the parking and sanitary areas of commercial buildings.

Date : 25/02/2005
Place : Ahmedabad

Pritee Shah
Editor
INSIGHT - The Consumer Magazine

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CONSUMER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SOCIETY
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