The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad (MCF) with the support of the district administration today sealed 40 illegal commerical premises in residential Sectors 10 and 11 which comprises the DLF area.
The authorities, as per the plan, had planned to seal the premises much earlier but shelved it in view of affidavits submitted by the owners of the illegal units to seal themon their own initiative by March 30. However, the legal branch of the government gave little importance to the affidavits. The MCF, however, had already given notices to theowners to close the premises.
Joint commissioner , MCF, Pushpinder Singh Chauhan said that earlier the civic body had issued a verbal order for closure of the shops. Today’s sealing was its follow up.
The administrative action is a sequel to a directive of the court to close these illegal premises in residential areas. The court had issued the directive in a case titled Mahesh versus State of Haryana.
The premises sealed today include shops, banquet halls and offices. The biggest of them is Mila Vatika, a banquet hall.
The authorities claimed that with today’s operation all the illegal commerical premises have been sealed. They also issued a stern warning to all those concerned against starting commercial premises in residential areas.
Source: Tribune News Service 25-April-2008
