The court also directed the deputy director of horticulture of Rohini area in west Delhi and the deputy commissioner of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to be personally present in court on the next date of hearing, 10 February, 2015.
Justice Manmohan asked the Religious Structure Committee and the government to decide within 12 weeks on the removal of religious structures after the court was informed that 29 of 94 parks have been encroached upon by various religious structures.
The court’s direction came on a plea filed by Raja Ram, a resident of Sultanpuri in Rohini, seeking improvement and maintenance of 94 parks there.
The plea filed through advocate Shiv Charan Garg also sought direction to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to ensure greenery in parks and hold departmental inquiry against erring officials.
Garg told the court that parks were in a bad condition and stray cattle were wandering there without any hindrance. The court also directed the government to prepare a layout plan of all the 94 parks in Sultanpuri clearly indicating whether the entry to the parks was through a wicket gate and whether the entrance for services has a facility for lock and key. ‘Walking track, if any, in the parks should also be indicated. Whether the parks have provision for lighting and water harvesting should also be mentioned,’ the court said.
Apprising the court about the broken walls in parks, advocate Garg said: ‘Public land is being used for keeping goods like tables, rickshaws and upalas of cow dung.’
Justice Manmohan asked the Religious Structure Committee and the government to decide within 12 weeks on the removal of religious structures after the court was informed that 29 of 94 parks have been encroached upon by various religious structures.
The court’s direction came on a plea filed by Raja Ram, a resident of Sultanpuri in Rohini, seeking improvement and maintenance of 94 parks there.
The plea filed through advocate Shiv Charan Garg also sought direction to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to ensure greenery in parks and hold departmental inquiry against erring officials.
Garg told the court that parks were in a bad condition and stray cattle were wandering there without any hindrance. The court also directed the government to prepare a layout plan of all the 94 parks in Sultanpuri clearly indicating whether the entry to the parks was through a wicket gate and whether the entrance for services has a facility for lock and key. ‘Walking track, if any, in the parks should also be indicated. Whether the parks have provision for lighting and water harvesting should also be mentioned,’ the court said.
Apprising the court about the broken walls in parks, advocate Garg said: ‘Public land is being used for keeping goods like tables, rickshaws and upalas of cow dung.’