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The Supreme Court refused to halt the demolition of about 10,000 unauthorised residential constructions encroaching into the ecologically fragile Aravali forest land near Lakarpur Khori village in
Haryana.
Court order
- The court had categorically said that “land-grabbers cannot take the refuge of the rule of law” and demand fairness.
- However, fresh petitions were filed urging the court to revisit its order and provide for rehabilitation of the residents, including children.
- The petitioners, mostly residents whose properties face the axe, said they were not given time to submit documents to the local authorities to prove their claim.
- The Bench said the residents had enough time to prove their claims in accordance with a notification issued by Haryana in 2020.
- The court said the onus was on the State to rehabilitate the residents in compliance with a 2003 scheme.
- The court had in its June 7 order made it clear that the encroachers should be evicted by the land even by force.
Petition
- The Writ Petition was filed on June 7, before the Apex Court (/topic/apex-court) under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution challenging the Haryana (/topic/haryana) Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran Rehabilitation Policy.
- The writ petition filed before the Supreme Court (/topic/supreme-court) had claimed that the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad, had allegedly demolish (/topic/demolish)ed around 1,700 slums without following due procedure and law.
Source: The Hindu
