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Urban art panel gets 10 weeks to decide on Police Memorial

Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre and the Delhi Urban (DUAC) Art Commission to take a decision on the height, shape and location of the steel structure in the half-constructed Police Memorial here within 10 weeks.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Rekha Sharma directed the Centre to submit its plans and suggestions about the structure to DUAC within two and the latter to take a decision on it within eight weeks.

Meanwhile, the stay on the construction of the Memorial would continue, the Bench said.

Later, the Bench disposed of the matter, which had come before in an appeal against a Sing-Judge Bench of the High Court, which had reduced the structure of the height from 45 metres to 30 metres on a public interest litigation filed by six prominent citizens of the city last year.

Earlier, the Centre in its affidavit suggested reduction of the height of the steel structure at par with the heights of trees in the Memorial premises.

The DUAC had last month suggested demolition or reduction of the height of the steel structure.

In an affidavit filed through its Secretary Deena Nath, the Commission had suggested to the Delhi High Court to either order demolition of the steel structure or reduction of its height.

"The steel structure is inappropriately located and blocks the view of Rashtrapati Bhavan," the Commission's affidavit had said.

The High Court had in August this year asked the Commission's Chairman Charles Correa to review the construction of the structure after the latter had shown his readiness to do so.

The Bench had asked Mr. Correa to file a report on the aesthetic, environmental and architectural aspects of the structure without being "influenced by the Union Government".

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