The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Gurgaon-based Ryan International School and Pama Educational and Welfare Society to immediately remove all encroachments from a plot and asked Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to develop it as a public park.
The Tribunal asked HUDA to demarcate and take possession of the land exceeding one-and-a-half acre from the society and school, fence it and develop it as a public park within eight weeks as envisaged in the master plan.
A Bench headed by NGT judicial member Justice M S Nambiar also restrained the school and the society from parking their buses on the public road outside the institution’s premises at Gurgaon’s sector 31-32A.
“Respondent numbers 2 and 3 (society and school) are directed to immediately remove all encroachment from the plot of land exceeding one-and-a-half acre allotted to them by HUDA if they are in possession of any excess land. They shall be liable to environmental compensation for the encroached land, if found at the time of demarcation, at the rate of Rs 1,000 per square metre,” the Bench said.
“Respondent numbers 2 and 3 are restrained from parking their buses on the public road outside the school premises. They are directed to keep all school vehicles within the premises only and shall effect boarding and de-boarding of students within the school premises and not on the roadside,” it said.