The Gujarat Government protected its option to destroy a Dargah and numerous different frameworks in Gir Somnath, mentioning that the lands have been of federal governments abutting the beachfront Arabian Sea the place the developments have been eradicated, reported data firm ANI.
“The removal of encroachments has been part of a continuous drive undertaken by the revenue authorities of District Gir Somnath to ensure that the valuable government land abutting the waterfront (Arabia Sea) is freed up of encroachments,” Gujarat Government said in a sworn assertion.
The sworn assertion by the state federal authorities was submitted in a reply to a request by Summast Patni Muslim Jamat by way of supporter Anas Tanwir, which regarded for to start out ridicule course of versus Gujarat authorities for wilfull and calculated battle of the order, dated September 17.
The Union Government, however, shared its real apology for any sort of claimed contemptuous conduct, stressing its regard for the Apex Court and mentioning that it doesn’t search for to affect SC’s greatness.
In its help, the Gujarat Government opposed the circumstances made by the Jamat, suggesting that it was “unfortunate” for the petitioner to attach a typical goal to the demolition actions.
“In Phase-1 of the removal of encroachments, on October 8, 2023, 26 encroachments were removed from Revenue Survey No 1852 of Village Prabhas Patan, out of which one encroacher belonged to a member of the Hindu community and 25 encroachments belonged to members of the Muslim community. Phase-1 cleared 15,000 square metres of government land of encroachments,” Gujarat Government said.
The sworn assertion complete succeeding levels of demolition, maintaining in thoughts that in Phase -2, 174 developments, consisting of holy locations have been eradicated, all coming from the individuals of the Hindu neighborhood. In Phase -3, 155 developments have been faraway from public roadways, with 147 coming from Hindus and eight to Muslims.
The federal authorities restated that these actions belonged to a methodical initiative to get well federal authorities land.
“Thus, the removal of encroachments has been part of a continuous drive undertaken by the Revenue authorities of District Gir Somnath to ensure that the valuable government land abutting the waterfront (Arabia Sea) is freed up of encroachments,” Gujarat Government said.
The Gujarat Government talked about that earlier than the demolitions on September 28-29, 2024, notifications have been supplied on September 5 underneath Section 202 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Code (GLRC) to inform encroachers regarding the illegal standing of their frameworks.
The federal authorities moreover included that the petitioner didn’t have standing on this state of affairs and had truly not talked about whereas declaring the appliance precisely how they have been negatively influenced by the demolitions.
During course of on Wednesday, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, standing for the Summast Patni Muslim Jamat, requested for additional time to submit a retort and said that the state’& rsquo; s simply help centred across the distance of the land to the Arabian Sea.
A bench of justices BR Gavai, PK Mishra and KV Vishwanathan adjourned the difficulty after 3 weeks, primarily based on ANI.
The Supreme Court had truly previously dominated versus remaining demolitions but instructed that if it situated proof of ridicule regarding its orders, it will definitely take extreme exercise versus liable authorities and would possibly get well knocked down frameworks.
On September 17, SC guided that there will likely be no demolition anyplace frying pan India with out on the lookout for depart of the courtroom until following listening to day.
The courtroom made clear that its order would definitely not apply if there’s an unsanctioned framework in any sort of public location resembling roadway, highway, path, abutting prepare line or any sort of river physique or water our bodies, and moreover to conditions the place there’s an order for demolition made by a Court of laws, primarily based on ANI.
The petitioners declared that Gujarat authorities carried out illegal demolitions morning on September 28, 2024, focusing on centuries-old Muslim non secular web sites, resembling mosques, eidgahs, mausoleums, dargahs and home areas of Mutawallis of the dargahs with out earlier notification or risk for listening to.
“The respondents herein, by carrying out the said demolitions, have blatantly defied the aforementioned order, thereby lowering the majesty of the court in the eyes of the general public, relaying utter disrespect to the orders of the court,” the petitioner said.
The Summast Patni Musslim Jamat stands for the Patni Muslim neighborhood in Prabhas Patan and appears for protection for non secular web sites of historic and non secular worth.
“These include Haji Mangroli Shah Baba`s tomb, dargahs, mosques, and graveyards that have been used and revered by the local Muslim community for over a century. The tomb and surrounding graveyards have existed since the time of the state of Junagadh, with the matter of their ownership and usage being resolved as early as 1903 by a legal resolution passed under the supervision,” the petitioner said.
(With inputs from ANI)
