The Hindu 19.12.2013
‘Isha Foundation buildings constructed without approval’
Official makes submission before First Bench
The Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning,
Coimbatore region, has submitted before the Madras High Court that Isha
Foundation constructed buildings at Ikkaraibolluvappatty village,
without any valid approval from competent authority.
The
official made this submission before the First Bench headed by Chief
Justice R.K. Agrawal, who was hearing on a PIL filed by M. Vetri Selvan,
an advocate who had sought a court order for demolishing all the
“unauthorised buildings” constructed by the foundation in the village in
Coimbatore district.
School
In
his counter, K. Sabapathy, Deputy Director of Town and Country Planning
said, “The Isha Foundation has neither obtained approvals from the
District Collector, nor obtained the concurrence of the Deputy Director
of Town and Country Planning as required provisions of the Tamil Nadu
Panchayats Building Rules 1997. It has not obtained clearance from Hill
Area Conservation Authority, the foundation constructed 62 building
blocks which are in use and 15 building blocks are being constructed
without any valid approval from the competent authority. The school in
question is being run in one of the constructed buildings. Hence, lock
and seal demolition notice was issued last December.”
The official added that a proposal of foundation for approvals for the construction of buildings was returned in last January.