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Court stays demolition of gurdwara

Staff Reporter

Civic body directed not to take any coercive steps till June 14

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday restrained the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and the Delhi Development Authority from demolishing an unauthorised gurdwara on the west bank of the Yamuna here.

The Vacation Judge, Justice B.D. Ahmed, directed the MCD and the DDA not to take any coercive steps in the matter till June 14, the next date of hearing.

The Court passed the order on a petition by Sant Rajinder Pal Singh of Gurdwara Sanjha Darbar located on the west bank of the river near Sarai Kale Khan bus terminus in South Delhi. Counsel for the petitioner, Nawal Kishore Jha, submitted that the gurdwara was located at a distance of 700 hundred metres from the river's bank, which was well beyond the 300 metres limit within which no structures are allowed on the river's banks as per the High Court order.

He submitted that the land revenue records had also accepted the existence of the gurdwara as while acquiring the land there, the DDA had spared places of worship, including the gurdwara. Counsel for the DDA submitted that the Authority had acquired the land. However, he failed to reply to the Court's queries on fulfilment of mandatory procedures for acquiring land.

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