HC seeks Govt, MDDA reply in PIL against plot allotment to those not displaced by Tehri dam

Hearing on a public interest litigation filed against plots being provided to people other than Tehri dam displaced at Ajabpur Kalan in Dehradun, the Uttarakhand high court has directed the State government and the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA) to submit replies within three weeks. The matter was taken up for hearing by the division bench of justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and justice Alok Kumar Verma.

According to the case details, Banmali Prasad Painuli has filed the PIL stating that THDC had allotted plots and park at Ajabpur Kalan in Dehradun. However, many of the dam displaced people have not yet been provided plots here. The petitioner has claimed that the parks made by the government and MDDA in the said area are now being allotted to outsiders. Painuli has sought that the parks not be allotted to anyone and that the plots be allotted only to the Tehri dam displaced people. The allotment of plots to those who are not dam displaced should be cancelled.

Wednesday, 06 January 2021 | PNS | Nainital