Will opt for compulsory acquisition to complete DP road in Wadgaon Sheri: PMC to HC

Pune: The civic body on Thursday informed Bombay high court that it has decided to send a proposal to the special land acquisition officer at the district collector's office for "compulsory acquisition" of a portion of land that is critical to the completion of the Shivane Kharadi Road at Wadgaon Sheri.
The road has remained incomplete for over a decade now, posing access issues to close to 2,000 residents from the Kumar Primavera Cooperative Housing Society and adjoining societies.
The HC bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M S Karnik took note of the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) submission and directed the district collector to acquire the required portion of land for the project within two months.
Thereafter, PMC shall complete the construction of the road, the HC said. The court disposed of a PIL filed by the Kumar Primavera society on these terms.
Lawyer Satya Muley, representing the petitioners, said, "The development plan (DP) for Wadgaon Sheri, Kharadi was first drafted in 2005 by the PMC and sanctioned by the state govt in 2012. It was further improved in 2014 and a 30-m-wide DP road between S. No 52 and S. No 53, offering access to the neighbourhood consisting of the Kumar Primavera society was sanctioned in the DP. This access road has remained incomplete even till date and over several thousands of residents of the area are left with no access road."
"The road has been partially constructed in 2014 and is existing alongside Kumar Primavera society. Even after several representations, meetings with the authorities and elected representatives by the residents, there has been no action since the last 15 years," he said.
"The PMC executives cited difficulty in acquiring land from private landowners, but the PMC has authority to acquire the land to complete the DP road," Muley added.
Based on the HC's directive on April 3, the PMC filed an affidavit in reply on April 11 stating, among other things, that its officials were trying hard to acquire the property by negotiation either by offering them TDR in lieu of monetary compensation or the mutually fixed compensation based on the ready reckoner valuations.
"Some portion of the land could not be acquired from Survey No. 59 and some persons have opposed the construction of the road in their portion which is last point connection to the DP road," the affidavit stated and added that to overcome this issue, PMC had now decided to send a proposal for compulsory land acquisition of the portion to the collector's office.
Pune: The civic body on Thursday informed Bombay high court that it has decided to send a proposal to the special land acquisition officer at the district collector's office for "compulsory acquisition" of a portion of land that is critical to the completion of the Shivane Kharadi Road at Wadgaon Sheri.
The road has remained incomplete for over a decade now, posing access issues to close to 2,000 residents from the Kumar Primavera Cooperative Housing Society and adjoining societies.
The HC bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice M S Karnik took note of the Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) submission and directed the district collector to acquire the required portion of land for the project within two months.
Thereafter, PMC shall complete the construction of the road, the HC said. The court disposed of a PIL filed by the Kumar Primavera society on these terms.
Lawyer Satya Muley, representing the petitioners, said, "The development plan (DP) for Wadgaon Sheri, Kharadi was first drafted in 2005 by the PMC and sanctioned by the state govt in 2012. It was further improved in 2014 and a 30-m-wide DP road between S. No 52 and S. No 53, offering access to the neighbourhood consisting of the Kumar Primavera society was sanctioned in the DP. This access road has remained incomplete even till date and over several thousands of residents of the area are left with no access road."
"The road has been partially constructed in 2014 and is existing alongside Kumar Primavera society. Even after several representations, meetings with the authorities and elected representatives by the residents, there has been no action since the last 15 years," he said.
"The PMC executives cited difficulty in acquiring land from private landowners, but the PMC has authority to acquire the land to complete the DP road," Muley added.
Based on the HC's directive on April 3, the PMC filed an affidavit in reply on April 11 stating, among other things, that its officials were trying hard to acquire the property by negotiation either by offering them TDR in lieu of monetary compensation or the mutually fixed compensation based on the ready reckoner valuations.
"Some portion of the land could not be acquired from Survey No. 59 and some persons have opposed the construction of the road in their portion which is last point connection to the DP road," the affidavit stated and added that to overcome this issue, PMC had now decided to send a proposal for compulsory land acquisition of the portion to the collector's office.