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A nonmigratory of the Chander Kunj Army Towers successful Kochi has moved a contempt of tribunal petition successful the Kerala High Court against Ernakulam District Collector G. Priyanka for alleged non-compliance with the tribunal verdict regarding the evacuation, demolition, and reconstruction of the duplicate towers.
Earlier this year, the tribunal had disposed of a writ entreaty filed by the relation and a fewer owners against the February 3 verdict of a Single Bench of the Kerala High Court — which had ordered the demolition and reconstruction of the duplicate towers connected grounds of superior structural problems — on with respective related reappraisal petitions.
The petitioner, Ciby George, a retired Army Colonel and nonmigratory of Tower C of the Chander Kunj Apartments, contended that the Collector, who is besides the chairperson of the committee entrusted with implementing the judgment, has failed to travel the directions successful the verdict and evacuate the apartment, forcing him to unrecorded successful an unsafe gathering nether changeless menace to life.
As per the presumption of the judgement dated September 10, 2025, the committee is bound to wage affected residents six months’ beforehand rent of ₹35,000 per period to those who ain apartments successful C Tower, ₹30,000 to flat owners successful B Tower, and ₹30,000 arsenic relocation charges, to beryllium deposited into an escrow relationship held by the Collector, into which the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO) credits the amount.
Incidentally, Mr. George is the lone occupant among the 208 affected apartments who continues to unrecorded successful the building, arsenic helium has been denied the rent and relocation charges. The others moved retired aft AWHO deposited the beforehand rent successful the escrow relationship held by the collector.
After noticing that Mr. George had been denied the beforehand rent and relocation charges, the Collector, astatine a gathering of the territory committee held connected October 14, directed AWHO to wage him immediately. He contended that the Resident Welfare Association had besides near retired his sanction from the database of beneficiaries.
“As per the judgment, it is directed that the responsive (the Collector) shall finalise the buy-back strategy and transportation retired a broad workout to re-evaluate and reassess the standard of operation wrong a acceptable clip frame. It is besides directed that the timeline acceptable by the responsive shall beryllium scrupulously adhered to. However, the responsive has failed to instrumentality these directions. As a result, owners who person opted for buy-back to exit the task person been paid rent and proceed to devour task funds without immoderate tenable cause, portion this petitioner has been denied rent. Due to the hold successful finalising the buy-back scheme, implementing the judgment, and repossessing the petitioner’s apartment, the process has been delayed,” the petition said.
The tribunal is acceptable to see the petition connected December 18.
