Issue of pattas for slum dwellers declared illegal

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, SEP. 15. The Upa Lok Ayuktha, Mr. M. Ramakrishna has held as "hurried and highly irregular", issue of pattas for slum dwellers of Sanjay Gandhi Nagar in Adarsh Nagar, through the Municipal Administration Minister, at a public meeting held for the purpose.

The Upa Lok Ayuktha directed the public servants, Director, Urban Community Development, MCH and the Commissioner, MCH, to remove the building constructed for slum dwellers in the Sanjay Gandhi Nagar, overlapping the plot no 103 owned by Mr. Ananda Chandravarkar, the complainant, after conducting a joint survey and marking out the portion of the plot. He also wanted them to fix boundaries and restore possession to Mr. Chandravarkar, by providing alternative site to the slum dwellers, if they are affected.

Mr. Chandravarkar complained that though he was the absolute owner and possessor of plot no 103 and 104, the Director, UCD, MCH, other MCH officials and District Manager, Housing have wrongly approved layout plan for Sanjay Gandhi nagar and took up weaker section housing scheme, encroaching on the two plots. He prayed for a direction for removal of encroachments and proper demarcation of the colony boundaries and the two plots.

After calling for reports and investigating the matter, the Upa Lok Ayuktha found that the officials concerned did not properly verify the area for slum improvement scheme, approved the layout and issued pattas. It held that the Revenue records and the reports submitted by concerned officials showed that while plot no 103 was fully covered by the slum improvement scheme and plot no. 104 partly covered, dispossessing the plot owner, who had bought them from Adarshnagar Co-operative Housing Society on July 11, 1963.

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