The Hindu 26.02.2013
Top floor of commercial complex demolished
GHMC officials with the assistance of the local police
demolished an illegally constructed sixth floor of a commercial complex
on Road No.1, belonging to Ranbir Singh Bagga.
The
GHMC central zone officials took up the task after a legal battle. The
building owner had originally applied and obtained permission for
construction of cellar, ground plus four upper floors but he had
deviated from the sanctioned plan during the course of construction to
build a sub-cellar, cellar, ground, service floor plus five upper
floors, a press release said. The owner had also obtained an injunction
order from a local court on receiving statutory notices from the civic
body in 2008. The owner meanwhile had applied for regularisation of the
structure after the Building Penalisation Scheme had come into
existence. But, the GHMC head office on inspecting the site has refused
to regularise the building pointing out that a swimming pool under
construction on the fifth floor and the sixth floor too was not shown in
the plans submitted. The municipal officials also stated that the top
two floors were constructed clandestinely after the cut off date, hence
“regularising the building does not arise”.