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Centre knocks at Supreme Court door again on Delhi sealings
The Government approaches the Court once again asking for relief for traders in Delhi.
BY CORRESPONDENT
November 13, 2006
Going ahead with its agenda, the Union Government has once again moved the apex court seeking relief for about 25,000 traders who have given an undertaking to stop misuse of residential premises for commercial activities.
The Union Urban Development Ministry filed its plea before the Supreme Court registry and also sought notifications of the apex court orders of September 29 and November 6.
In its application, the ministry had asked the Supreme Court to spare about 25,000 traders who have given affidavits to stop the misuse of residential premises for commercial activities and covered by the Septmeber 7 and 15 notifications which allows trading activities in over 2,000 roads from the drive.
According to the Union Urban Development Ministry, the situation in which the earlier applications were heard and disposed of by the apex court on November 6 were considerably different as those were heard in view of the law and order problem that had emerged after the three-day strike call given by the traders.
Post the November 6 order, the situation has considerably changed and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi had resumed sealing under the supervision of the court-appointed monitoring committee, the Union Urban Development Ministry said in its application.
The plea further added that the sealing activity in the capital is being conducted with full police and para-military protection. Pointing out that grave offenders have faced sealing of their premises, it said that it is also understood that some of the establishments who had given undertaking have already ceased misuse in compliance with the undertaking.
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