The Supreme Court warned civic bodies in Delhi, Gurugram and Lucknow of personal liability for failing to act against unauthorised constructions. Citing recent fatal fire incidents, it directed stricter enforcement, ordered officials' personal appearance and warned of contempt proceedings for non-compliance
The Telangana High Court has directed the GHMC to act on a complaint regarding an alleged encroachment in Tarnaka, stressing that demolition costs must be recovered from violators rather than the public exchequer. Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar emphasised that civic authorities have a statutory duty to enforce town planning laws.
In the Yadadri Residential Colony layout, a school was constructed by merging plots and the school management in the process also included a 30 feet in it
Special Task Force at Zonal Office level headed by Zonal Commissioner is constituted to detect and monitor the unauthorized constructions, unauthorized layouts and take timely enforcement action
