Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has slammed the District Authority in Kolhapur for “Brazen Fabrication Actions” which is intended to show that the archeological site is more than 100 meters from the bridge being built.
Stating their May 2018 survey report Illegal, the court showed that the ancient Brahmapuri site was shown in a private plot at a safe distance just to allow the settlement of the new Shivaji Bridge on the Panchganga River in Kolhapur.
Brahmapuriis an ancient site under the provisions of ancient monuments and archaeological sites and still acts.
In accordance with the planned development of the city of Kolhapur, it is located close to the Shivaji Bridge over 140 years old.
However, with the direction of Kolhapur collectors, a report and map prepared by the land supervisor of land notes that show further bridges on private land.
HC: Extraordinary Brahmapuri Reports and Maps are made in Daymumbai: The Bombay High Court has found that in the direction of the Kolhapur Regency collector, a report and map is prepared in May 2018 to show the archaeological site to be located more than 100 meters from its location.
That the new Shivaji bridge construction in Panchganga fell outside the no-construction zone.
The High Court has directed a new survey within four weeks after notification was issued for landowners.
“Only because the construction of a new bridge is the public interest, does not give the right to the government or legal authority to declare private land citizens as an ancient monument site, and thus endanger the rights of the private land holders, ” said the justice bench SJ Kathawalla and Justice Millind Jadhav On January 12.
The judgment said, “We did not have the slightest doubt to declare the impunned report on 28.05.2018 and a survey map – prepared with the land note supervisor district, Kolhapur, fully illegal.
“It was said by the action of a collector, DSLR and city survey officials, along with the Archaeological Department officials,” not only surprisingly but deserves strictly reprimanded ” Pontah, “HC said the Jadhav BD Kolhapur Resident has submitted a petition on HC to challenge the legality of reports and maps.
He argues that ‘Brahmapuri of Kolhapur’ is in CTS 2355, not 2357, as mentioned in the Map 2018.
He is the owner Part of CTS 2357.
HC observed that the site was indeed in CTS 2355 in the development plan and near the Old Shivaji Bridge.
In 2012 the Ministry of Transportation road gave a new bridge sanction in that place and needed to nod from the Archaeological Department.
In 2014, a proposal Sent to the National Monument Authority, but permission was rejected because the bridge came within a distance of 40 meters of the site.
Construction Ian stops.
On May 28, 2018, Kolhapur collector looked for a survey to find out the location of the monument.
A report along with an extraordinary map prepared on the same day, HC said.
In May 2019, the NOC was given and the bridge was finished.
HC said, “To overcome the provisions of the law where no construction occurs in …
100 meters from protected areas or protected monuments, Impuned survey reports and survey maps are prepared …
so the NOC of the archaeological department can obtained “.
“To serve the interests of national highway authorities and to complete …
new bridge construction, survey reports and survey maps are prepared without giving notice to land owners,” said the court.