The Hindu 06.01.2011
Councillor’s property sealed
As part of its ongoing drive against unauthorised constructions in the
city, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Wednesday sealed two
properties belonging to its councillor and Central Zone Ward Committee
chairman Ravinder Choudhary for alleged misuse of residential property
for commercial use.
The civic body’s action followed complaints from the
public grievance cell after which the MCD squad reached House H-58 and
H-59 at South Extension Part-I where Mr. Choudhary was allegedly
misusing the property to run a girls paying guest accommodation and
other commercial offices.
The MCD squad also demolished the top floor of the two
properties as they were illegally constructed and taller than the
permissible height of 15 metres. According to civic body officials, the
two properties were in the form of four-storey buildings and there were
about 40 to 50 rooms in the two buildings combined. Though the exact
count of girls is unknown, at least 20 girls reportedly lived in the
paying guest accommodation.
Ravinder Chaudhary, however, defended his case by
stating that his property was not sealed on charges of misuse but due to
a PIL filed in the year 2002. According to him, in 2002 the area
councillor Jagdish Lal had filed a PIL in court over illegal
construction in the area.
The PIL was filed on 180 properties, two of which
belonged to him. In the past three months, MCD had sealed nearly 45
properties named in the PIL.
