Court asks to comply with the order by the next date of hearing


 
Patna: Patna High Court on Thursday took serious cognizance about non compliance of its order for providing temporary electricity connection to the semi demolished houses in Nepali nagar of Digha Patna, the state capital of Bihar.

While hearing the related writ petition, the single bench of the court of justice Mr Sandeep Kumar asked the South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited to explain as to why earlier order for providing temporary electricity connection to the semi demolished houses was not  complied with. 

The judge said that the court hopes that before next date of hearing, the South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited will comply the direction of this Court for providing temporary electricity connection to the semi demolished houses.

Passing the strict orders, the judge said that if the orders were not complied with before the next date of hearing, the court will direct for personal appearance of the Managing Director of the South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited. 
 
The matter would be heard again on July 19.

Earlier on July three this year, the local administration under the anti encroachment drive had bulldozed several houses constructed in Nepali nagar area in Digha as the land belonged to the housing board.
 
The local residents, claiming to be genuinely residing in the area by constructing their houses protested the demolition drive. The residents pleaded that the government provided electricity as well as water connection to their houses and also constructed pucca roads for commuting. 

Following the demolition drive, the residents were forced to live in the open without electricity and any other facility as their houses were either completely bulldozed or partially grounded.

Later a writ petition was filed in Patna High Court which had stayed the demolition drive and had directed to restore the electricity connection in the partially demolished houses.

As per the matter Bihar Housing Board in 1974 had acquired 1024 acres of land of the farmers in Rajiv Nagar area to construct residential complexs. The board could not suitably compensate the farmers who alleging gross discrimination in compensation had approached the court and the matter reached to the supreme court.

Later annoyed with the boards attitude the local farmers began to sell their land to the private people in the area.

At present more than 10,000 houses belonging to IAS and IPS officers, judges, and high-ranking government officials as well as common people have been constructed on the disputed land.

The board had acquired the land at the rate of Rs 2000 katha but was being sold currently at the rate of Rs 93 lakh per katha. If the farmers were compensated at the current rate they wont have any problem, said a former Mukhiya of Digha and farmers leader Chandravanshi Singh.
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