HC stays construction at Udaipur Khelgaon

UDAIPUR: A division bench of the Rajasthan high court at its principal seat in Jodhpur has stayed construction at the Khelgaon premises in Chitrakoot Nagar here.
The division bench in its order dated September 10 has issued notices to the chief secretary, Udaipur collector, UIT, chairman Raj State Sports Board, CBSE Ajmer, Maharana Pratap Khelgaon Society and Ms S P Enterprise. A public interest litigation (PIL) in the matter has alleged illegal use of the public property, i.e., the convention centre, for commercial purposes and further sublet of the centre to run a private school there. On behalf of petitioner Manoj Agarwal, a resident of Udaipur, advocate Sajjan Singh Rathore told the court that the convention centre at Udaipur was developed on the land belonging to the sports board and the same was allotted by the UIT. Therefore, at the first instance, any development on it becomes the property of the sports board.
That it being a public land was allotted for sports activities only but if at all a convention centre was developed, then the same should be used for public and not for commercial activities for giving profit to any individuals.