With the consent of Nagpur Collector, Pravin Darade, who was personally present during hearing of the writ petition in public interest filed by Atmaram Ukey and four other social workers, all residents of Bezonbagh area, Justice A P Lavande and Justice P D Kode, at the High Court here, have directed the authorities to hand over the open spaces reserved for garden, dispensary, public utilities, construction of multistoried buildings for the economically backward classes, in the erstwhile Empress Mill and now the Bezonbagh land within the city corporation limits, to the Nagpur municipal Corporation within 4 weeks, after removing encroachments on those lands, if necessary with police help.
Filing a civil application in their petition, these citizens have drawn the Court’s attentions to such lands disappearing at a fast pace due to encroachments and authorities turning Nelson’s eye to the same, as they have failed to implement the Court’s interim directions of December 19 issued by the Division Bench consisting of Justice B H Marlapalle and Justice Ambadas Joshi. The court had directed compliance of these directions by January 31, 2009. According to the petitioners. Total area is about 3,67,978 sq. meters and out of it required open space comes to 73,595 sq. meters. Due to massive encroachment, open space allegedly stands reduced to 14,660 sq. meters, that is only 1/5th of the required open space. The Court had directed survey of encroachments by anyone including the petitioners, within 4 weeks. Survey was also meant to touch the aspect of required open space. The Court has directed further hearing of petition on Sep 30, to get updated with subsequent developments in the case. Adv Firdos Mirza appeared for petitioners. Addl. GP Bharati Dangre and Adv S K Mishra.
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