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Land acquisition dispute: Court issues order to attach Pune MC chief property
Bond issued to pay compensation by Aug 11: PMC
PMC legal officer Nisha Chavan said she had apprised the concerned civic department to execute the order in time, but it failed to do so, due to which court officers had to visit the municipal chief's office to attach the movable property.
In a major embarrassment to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), a laptop and chair of the municipal commissioner were set to be attached on Monday, following an order issued by Pune’s Small Cause Court over the civic body’s failure to pay the difference in compensation to a plot owner for the acquisition of land in Uruli Devachi.
Second Additional Judge of the Small Causes Court, Pune, Nikhil Gosavi, on June 29 issued a warrant to attach movable property of the Pune civic chief over failure to pay the difference in compensation despite the court order passed.
“The Pune civic body has given a bond in writing to pay the difference in compensation by August 11 to owners of property acquired by PMC. Thus, the attachment of the laptop and chair of the municipal chief has been avoided,” said Nihil More, deputy municipal commissioner, PMC.
PMC legal officer Nisha Chavan said she had apprised the concerned civic department to execute the order in time, but it failed to do so, due to which court officers had to visit the municipal chief’s office to attach the movable property.
The application to attach movable property of the municipal chief was filed by one Harishchandra Harpale.
The applicant had informed the court that the PMC failed to pay the compensation despite an order passed by the court. The applicant had contended that a substantial amount was due and payable by the PMC but had not been satisfied to date.
Despite granting sufficient opportunity, the PMC has failed to pay compensation, the applicant said, adding the PMC has neither appeared in court nor filed any say.
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According to the court, PMC has to pay Rs. 4.14 crore to the applicant as a difference in the compensation amount. The PMC had acquired around 25 acres from three owners to set up a waste processing plant in 2007 and had fixed the compensation amount to be paid to the property owners.
However, the owners challenged the amount, seeking more compensation by approaching the court. The court passed an order in favour of the property owners and directed PMC to pay the difference in an increased amount, but PMC instead approached the High Court, where the plea was still pending.
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