The Gujarat Government protected its choice to destroy a Dargah and various other frameworks in Gir Somnath, mentioning that the lands were of federal governments abutting the beachfront Arabian Sea where the advancements were eliminated, reported information company 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 stated in a sworn statement.
The sworn statement by the state federal government was submitted in a respond to a request by Summast Patni Muslim Jamat via supporter Anas Tanwir, which looked for to start ridicule process versus Gujarat authorities for wilfull and calculated conflict of the order, dated September 17.
The Union Government, nevertheless, shared its genuine apology for any kind of claimed contemptuous conduct, stressing its regard for the Apex Court and mentioning that it does not look for to influence SC’s greatness.
In its support, the Gujarat Government opposed the cases made by the Jamat, suggesting that it was “unfortunate” for the petitioner to connect a common objective to the demolition activities.
“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 stated.
The sworn statement comprehensive succeeding stages of demolition, keeping in mind that in Phase -2, 174 advancements, consisting of holy places were eliminated, all coming from the participants of the Hindu neighborhood. In Phase -3, 155 advancements were removed from public roadways, with 147 coming from Hindus and 8 to Muslims.
The federal government restated that these activities belonged to a methodical initiative to recover federal government 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 stated.
The Gujarat Government mentioned that before the demolitions on September 28-29, 2024, notifications were provided on September 5 under Section 202 of the Gujarat Land Revenue Code (GLRC) to notify encroachers concerning the unlawful standing of their frameworks.
The federal government additionally included that the petitioner did not have standing in this situation and had actually not mentioned while declaring the application exactly how they were negatively influenced by the demolitions.
During process on Wednesday, Senior Advocate Sanjay Hegde, standing for the Summast Patni Muslim Jamat, asked for extra time to submit a retort and stated that the state’& rsquo; s just support centred around the distance of the land to the Arabian Sea.
A bench of justices BR Gavai, PK Mishra and KV Vishwanathan adjourned the issue after 3 weeks, based on ANI.
The Supreme Court had actually formerly ruled versus remaining demolitions yet suggested that if it located proof of ridicule concerning its orders, it would certainly take severe activity versus liable authorities and might recover knocked down frameworks.
On September 17, SC guided that there will be no demolition anywhere frying pan India without looking for leave of the court till following hearing day.
The court made clear that its order would certainly not apply if there is an unsanctioned framework in any kind of public location such as roadway, road, path, abutting train line or any kind of river body or water bodies, and additionally to situations where there is an order for demolition made by a Court of legislation, based on ANI.
The petitioners declared that Gujarat authorities carried out unlawful demolitions morning on September 28, 2024, targeting centuries-old Muslim spiritual websites, such as mosques, eidgahs, mausoleums, dargahs and domestic areas of Mutawallis of the dargahs without previous notification or possibility for hearing.
“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 stated.
The Summast Patni Musslim Jamat stands for the Patni Muslim neighborhood in Prabhas Patan and looks for defense for spiritual websites of historic and spiritual value.
“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 stated.
(With inputs from ANI)
