The Hindu       25.03.2014 

Corpn. to wait for Govt. direction on illegal buildings

The fate of a few educational institutions, shopping
complexes and hospitals in Coimbatore hangs in balance as the Madras
High Court quashed the State Government Order allowing regularisation of
illegal constructions up to July 1, 2007.

According
to sources, owners of a few educational institutions, hospitals and
shopping complexes applied to the Corporation for regularising illegal
constructions after the Government issued an order stating that
buildings that were constructed prior to July 2007 and with less than 50
per cent violation could be regularised by paying a fee.

Using the opportunity, nine owners had applied for regularisation.

The
sources said that they would wait for the Government to issue
instructions – to maintain status quo or initiate action against the
owners for not complying with the rules. If it was to maintain a status
quo, the Government would in all probability could go in for appeal
against the High Court verdict.

The sources, however,
added that the Corporation would continue its action against owners of
buildings who constructed the structures with violations after July
2007. Thus far, the civic body had acted on 44 instances – by placing
the buildings under lock and seal and demolishing a few.