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The High Court of Karnataka connected Wednesday said that it prima facie accepts that successful situ rehabilitation of evicted families whitethorn not beryllium feasible successful Fakir Colony and Waseem Colony of Kogilu Layout, wherever the authorities had demolished astir 167 sheds illegally built by encroaching upon authorities land.
A part seat comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha made this reflection successful its interim bid during the proceeding of a PIL petition filed by Zaiba Tabassum, Rehana and Areefa Begum, who were among the persons evicted from the 2 colonies.
The seat recorded its prima facie view aft noticing the basal of the State authorities that nary rehabilitation tin beryllium permitted connected the authorities lands, wherever the colonies had travel up, arsenic toxic discarded is stored successful the land, arsenic it was earlier utilized arsenic a landfill for dumping city’s mixed garbage.
One of the requests made successful the petition was for providing rehabilitation connected the aforesaid authorities onshore from wherever they were evicted.
Amicus curiae
Meanwhile, the Bench appointed advocator Vidyulatha B.V. arsenic amicus curiae and asked her to record a study connected the demolished land, impermanent rehabilitation centres acceptable up by the civic bodies successful 4 assemblage halls, and facilities successful these centres. The Bench directed the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority to assistance her.
Earlier, State Advocate General K. Shashi Kiran Shetty told the tribunal that of the 7 allotment letters produced by the petitioners, 3 beryllium to lands extracurricular the encroached onshore and nary files with respect to different 4 letters could beryllium traced.
Meanwhile, advocates for the petitioners complained to the Bench that immoderate rehabilitation centres were recovered locked erstwhile the evicted persons visited and adjacent the interaction fig displayed successful the centre was erroneous.
