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A two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Justice Jawwad Khawaja, on Tuesday asked the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to frame rules for the proposed ‘complaint authority’.
It is the duty of the CDA to protect the rights of citizens, the judge observed.
The bench was hearing an appeal of a consultant firm, Bridge Factor, against the Islamabad High Court (IHC) order of June 6, 2014.
The IHC had rejected the consultant company’s plea against a notice served on it by CDA for using a residential unit as office in Sector F-7/1.
Encroachments
During the hearing, Hafiz SA Rehman, counsel for CDA, informed the bench that 28 operations were conducted to remove encroachments on capital’s roads as well as against the usage of houses for commercial purposes.
He added that 18 house allotments have been cancelled due to commercial activities.
He also informed the court that the owners of 1,695 houses had been given 15 days notices to end commercial activities. He added that 62 illegal barricades had been removed from the roads.
The counsel sought more time for submitting complete reply regarding the removal of barricades around foreign missions.
The bench while accepting his plea adjourned the hearing until February 27.
The CDA on January 26 had submitted a 220-page report to the apex court about residential units which are being used for commercial purposes as well as closure of roads and streets for security reasons.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 25th, 2015.
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