HC issues notice to AMC over plot allotted to school
TNN | Updated: Apr 12, 2019, 06:46 IST
The petitioner has termed the allotment as land grabbingAHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notice to the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), Nirma Education and Research Foundation and various other authorities over a PIL objecting to allotment of a plot meant for public utility to the school at 30% concessional rate.
Petitioner Shailesh Maheshwari has demanded that the 6,159 square-metre plot, which was reserved by AUDA in Bodakdev area under the Town Planning Scheme, was given to the foundation in 2001 on a 90-year lease. The market value of the plot was Rs 5.54 crore, but AUDA allotted it to the foundation for Rs 1.66 crore on certain conditions.
The PIL has demanded that HC should quash the allotment order because it was allotted to the school without following procedure of conducting an auction. The petitioner has urged the HC to direct the authorities to recover the market price of the land from the foundation.
Maheshwari has based his objections on claims that the school does not abide by the conditions on which the plot was allotted at concessional rate. He has sought directions to other authorities including the education department to make the school follow all norms in the interest of students. He has demanded that the school be asked to rationalize its fee structure.
Earlier, residents from the neighbourhood had approached the high court complaining about the alleged misuse of the plot. Maheshwari has said that it was inaction on part of AUDA that people living in the vicinity cannot use the plot, though the school management breached the conditions on which the plot was allotted.
The petitioner has termed the allotment as land grabbing. He has argued that due to the policy of allotment of land at concessional rate, various school managements in the city have benefited. Though the condition of imparting affordable education was accepted by the school authorities, such private managements do not abide by the conditions.
After seeking reply from the authorities and the school management, the court has posted further hearing in May.
Petitioner Shailesh Maheshwari has demanded that the 6,159 square-metre plot, which was reserved by AUDA in Bodakdev area under the Town Planning Scheme, was given to the foundation in 2001 on a 90-year lease. The market value of the plot was Rs 5.54 crore, but AUDA allotted it to the foundation for Rs 1.66 crore on certain conditions.
The PIL has demanded that HC should quash the allotment order because it was allotted to the school without following procedure of conducting an auction. The petitioner has urged the HC to direct the authorities to recover the market price of the land from the foundation.
Maheshwari has based his objections on claims that the school does not abide by the conditions on which the plot was allotted at concessional rate. He has sought directions to other authorities including the education department to make the school follow all norms in the interest of students. He has demanded that the school be asked to rationalize its fee structure.
Earlier, residents from the neighbourhood had approached the high court complaining about the alleged misuse of the plot. Maheshwari has said that it was inaction on part of AUDA that people living in the vicinity cannot use the plot, though the school management breached the conditions on which the plot was allotted.
The petitioner has termed the allotment as land grabbing. He has argued that due to the policy of allotment of land at concessional rate, various school managements in the city have benefited. Though the condition of imparting affordable education was accepted by the school authorities, such private managements do not abide by the conditions.
After seeking reply from the authorities and the school management, the court has posted further hearing in May.
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