SHILLONG: After the recent sealing of the first lot of 12 buildings for MUDA building bye-laws, the committee headed by East Khasi Hills Deputy Commissioner Sanjay Goyal is examining other 12 buildings listed by the High Court of Meghalaya as ‘illegal constructions’.
Earlier, the High Court had pointed out there were some buildings which were still not safe in Shillong that are prone to earthquakes and other natural calamities.
“We are in the process of doing the assessment of the next set of 12 buildings. Besides taking the photographs of the buildings, the committee will examine whether the buildings were constructed as per the plan of MUDA which allows construction of 4 storied buildings,” said Goyal who is the Chairman of the Court-appointed committee.
M. Kharkrang, Superintendent of Police and Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shillong are the members of the Committee. The High Court of Meghalaya in an interim order on April 11, 2014, had stayed the construction of high-rise buildings beyond the permissible limit of ground floor and three more floors (G+3).
The Court issued the order after hearing a PIL filed by city based lawyer JM Thangkhiew.
The buildings of sitting legislator Lamboklang Mylliemngap and his father and prominent businessman Modrick Nongkynrih are in the next list of 12 which will be sealed after the assessment of the committee
The next set of 12 impleaded parties are Sanjib Das, resident of GS Road, Police Bazar, Manchin Fincon Pvt Ltd, resident of Jail Road, Kenneth M Lyngdoh, resident of Bivar Road, Sanjay Jhunjhunwalla of Bivar Road, Modrick Nongkynrih of Bishop Cotton Road, BD Marbaniang of Demseniong, Lamboklang Mylliemngap of Motinagar, Dr TA Sohklet of Lummawrie, Allenwood Swer of Fire Brigade, Secretary of Islamia Secondary School, P Dkhar of Laban and Nicolas Wallang of Boyce Road.
“After proper assessment of the 12 buildings, we will submit our report to the High Court”, Goyal said.
It was on Wednesday that as per the direction of the High Court, the district administration sealed the 12 buildings belonging to Narayan Prasad Jhunjhunwala at Police Bazaar, Nilesh Tibrewalla at Thana Road, Satyabrato Baidya at Jail Road, Ajit Das Gupta at Jail Road, Bidur Das at Jail Road, Uday N. Shukla at Oakland Road, Rajkumari Sinha at Bivar Road, Mentok Ri-Project Pvt. Ltd at Bivar Road, Maruf Elahi at Bivar Road, Beroline Khongshei at Laban, Mohendro Rapsang at Keating Road and Saini Pala at Motinagar.
