Jammu, Feb 7 (PTI) A special tribunal on Monday said it will hear on February 17 a whistleblower’s plea impleading to make him a party in the case of alleged illegal construction of senior BJP leader Nirmal Singh’s palatial bungalow near Army’s ammunition sub-depot here.
Member (Judicial) Rajesh Sekhri of the J-K Special Tribunal, Jammu issued directions to list the of case of Mamta Singh, wife of the former deputy chief minister, for hearing arguments in the impleadment application moved by advocate Muzzaffar Ali Shah, who exposed the alleged unauthorised construction through an RTI application last year.
In December last year, the Jammu Development Authority (JDA) had said the house of the senior BJP leader falls in “major violation” as it was constructed without proper permission, contending the owner’s claim that they had raised the structure much before the area came under its jurisdiction.
The JDA made the observation when the much publicised appeal filed by Mamta Singh came up for hearing at the special tribunal which, however, extended the stay against the demolition notice served to the politician on November 8.
The JDA has served a notice to the BJP leader asking him to demolish his bungalow in Ban village of Nagrota. The tribunal had earlier ordered that the impugned order dated November 8, 2021 shall remain in abeyance and parties were directed to maintain status quo on the spot.
As the case came up for virtual hearing before the bench headed by Sekhri,...
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