Demolition of Illegal Mazars in govt lands is correct: Uttrakhand HC.

Uttarakhand: High Court’s seal of approval on the tomb demolition campaign by the Dhami Govt, said- Illegal religious constructions should be demolished.

Reprimanding the petitioner, the bench said that by occupying government land, you make it a religious place illegally. More than 300 hundred illegal shrines-mazar-mausoleums are already destroyed in last three months, out of 1000 detected so far.

Upendra Bharti | HENB | Nainital | May 17, 2023::  The court reprimanded the petitioner while hearing a petition filed by the Dhami government of Uttarakhand against the demolition of illegal shrines-mazar-mausoleums  built by illegally occupying government lands.

A joint bench of Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal reprimanded petitioner Hamza Rao and others’ lawyer Bilal Ahmed for lobbying for the construction of tombs, and religious places by occupying government land and said – the petition has been made to gain cheap popularity. Justice also said that the petitioner had filed a petition in this regard earlier as well, which is not mentioned in this petition. The court also said why not impose a fine of Rs one lakh on the petitioner for filing a frivolous case with the intention to waste the valuable time of the court in such a way.

The Chief Justice clearly said that illegal religious constructions should be demolished, and there should be no avoidance of religion in this. Describing the petitioner as a land mafia, the court said that by occupying government lands, you illegally make religious places with a vested interest.

It is notable that the Dhami government in Uttarakhand has started the process of demolition of religious places built illegally on forest land in Uttarakhand. On this, the petitioners went to the court against the demolition of religious places of a particular religion.

More than 300 hundred illegal shrines-mazar-mausoleums are already destroyed in the last three months as per reports. The State Govt has detected a total number of one thousand fake constructions without anybody remains of any Muslim Peer or Fakirs. But, those were erected to grab valuable Govt lands under the design of ‘Land Jihad’.

A division bench of High Court Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal has reserved its decision on the action being taken on the shrines.

On the other hand, Dr. Parag Dhakate, the nodal officer of the forest department’s removal of encroachment campaign, said that the Uttarakhand government’s campaign has been upheld by the Hon’ble High Court. Now we will run this campaign more quickly.

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Courtesy:  ABP News / News Nation / Sanatan Prabhat.