Withdrawing an earlier petition challenging the ordinance passed by government on the same issue, social activist Kashinath Shetye and others have filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Act.
Shetye cited the recent order of the Bombay High Court pertaining to Maharashtra government’s move to regularise nearly two lakh illegal structures, wherein the judiciary slammed the latter saying, “Court cannot tolerate such things.”
Legalising illegal houses without following law of land in force is a crime by the makers of the law by overwriting the law for persons who have broken the law and built illegal houses, Shetye contends in its PIL. “Until the petition is heard and is decided by the court, this court should give a stay on the Act,” the PIL states.
Referring to various related Acts, the petitioners have sought interim relief wherein no houses should be regularized pending hearing and final disposal of the petition.
