{"id":47025,"date":"2017-02-16T03:28:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T21:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47025"},"modified":"2017-02-16T03:28:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T21:58:28","slug":"building-activities-tughlakabad-fort-barred-delhi-hc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/building-activities-tughlakabad-fort-barred-delhi-hc","title":{"rendered":"All building activities in Tughlakabad Fort barred: Delhi HC"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46468\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46468\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/dishonest-recording-proceedings-injustice-hc\/delhi-hc-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?fit=759%2C422&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"759,422\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"delhi-hc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?fit=640%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-46468 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?resize=300%2C167&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"All building activities in Tughlakabad Fort barred: Delhi HC\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/delhi-hc.jpg?w=759&amp;ssl=1 759w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All building activities in Tughlakabad Fort barred: Delhi HC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Delhi High Court today prohibited all land transactions and building activities in the area, expressing concern over the &#8220;rampant and unabated&#8221; illegal constructions in Tughlaqabad Fort despite the Supreme Court disallowing it.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar also held that no manufacturing or industrial activity would be permissible in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The directions came after the court perused the demarcation report filed by Delhi government&#8217;s revenue department, which had carried out the exercise on its order.<\/p>\n<p>Additional standing counsel for Delhi government Naushad Ahmed Khan said as per the report, there were vacant sites and open land in the area.<\/p>\n<p>In view of the submission, the court directed the revenue department to demarcate the vacant areas immediately, using latest technology like drones, so as to protect them from any encroachment.<\/p>\n<p>The Archaeological Survey of India, represented by the Centre&#8217;s standing counsel Sanjeev Narula, told the bench that since 2010, it has issued over 370 notices to the Sub- Divisional Magistrate (SDM) and the Collector regarding illegal construction in the area, but no action was taken.<\/p>\n<p>ASI also said that since it had no task force of its own, it cannot on its own take action.<\/p>\n<p>Taking note of ASI&#8217;s contentions, the bench said &#8220;it clearly indicates that there is rampant unauthorised construction in the area, despite orders of Supreme Court and agencies concerned are not paying heed of the same&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It directed the concerned District Magistrate (DM), SDM, DCP south east and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to &#8220;take action in accordance with law whenever a notice is issued by ASI&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The court then listed the matter for further hearing on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>It was hearing a PIL to protect, maintain and preserve the historic fort, an issue which the apex court had directed the Delhi High Court to monitor.<\/p>\n<p>The court had earlier also noted that the apex court&#8217;s direction to protect the historic fort, built in 1321 AD by Tughlaq dynasty founder Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, was being violated.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court in February 2016 had declared the entire Tughlaqabad Fort as protected and directed the ASI not to allow any land grabbing or encroachment there.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; 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