The Supreme Court on Monday extended till July 31 the deadline for houseowners, whose buildings were ordered to be demolished due to illegal constructions in the forest area of Aravalli hills, to vacate their premises subject to furnishing of undertaking in this regard.
Furnish undertaking
A Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Deepak Gupta said the houseowners, who were earlier directed by the apex court to vacate their premises by March 31, would get time till July 31 if they file undertaking that they would vacate the properties by then.
‘Needed more time’
The Bench said this after the counsel appearing for some of the houseowners urged that the time should be extended as the owners were senior citizens and they needed some more time to look for another accommodation.
“We extend the time till July 31, 2019, to vacate the premises subject to furnishing of an undertaking within four weeks from today,” the Bench said. The court made it clear that if the undertaking would not be filed, the already fixed time till March 31 would remain in force.
There are 33 houseowners in Faridabad’s Kant Enclave and they were earlier asked by the court to vacate their premises by March 31, this year.
Illegal construction
On September 11, 2018, the apex court had termed “frightening” the illegal construction in the forest area of Aravalli hills and directed the Haryana government to demolish the unauthorised structures built there after August 18, 1992.
During the hearing on Monday, senior lawyer Ranjit Kumar, assisting the court as an amicus curiae in the matter, told the Bench that a committee set up by the court earlier has filed a report with regard to the valuation of properties at Kant Enclave.
