The direction was given by justices V M Kanade and Rajesh Ketkar yesterday on a PIL, after Maharashtra government informed the court that it had appointed Director of Town Planning in Pune to conduct a probe into the allegations about 110 illegal constructions.
The court was hearing a PIL that alleged rampant corruption prevailing in the corporation and claimed on the basis of RTI that 110 plans had been sanctioned illegally in 2010 in Ulhasnagar, a colony of displaced persons from Sindh in Pakistan, who migrated here after partition.
In 2005, the High Court, in another PIL, had ordered demolition of 855 buildings in Ulhasnagar which had come up in violation of DC rules and FSI.
The PIL, filed by Ravi Talreja and Hardas Tharwani, now being heard by the High Court, alleged that the then town planner A P Gurgule, in collusion with civic officials, had granted either permission or regularised 110 unauthorised structures in contravention of Development Control Rules.
Counsel for the petitioners, Jaiwant Chandnani, argued that the town planner had gone beyond his powers to sanction the 110 plans. He prayed for an independent agency to probe the alleged violations and take action against the guilty. (MORE)