Sixteen properties of a trust run by jailed self-styled godman Asaram now face risk of demolition after the Gujarat Revenue Department ruled they were constructed without converting the land for "non agriculture (NA)" use.
Following the Revenue department's order, issued earlier this month, the AMC today revoked a conditional consent given to the trust to regularise these properties by paying "impact fee" to the civic body and will soon decide on their demolition.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials said it would soon take a decision on fate of 12 residential and four commercial establishments constructed by Asaram's trust near his ashram in Motera here.
"Many years ago, the Ahmedabad collectorate had issued a demolition notice to the trust after it was found that the 16 properties were constructed 35 years back without having NA clearance. The trust had then filed an appeal before the Revenue department against the notice," said R M Jadav, deputy estate officer of the AMC's west zone,
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