233 families caught in land dispute issue in Kashmira
Eight years after vacating homes for redevelopment, police register FIR against 50 people for trespassing
Caught Between the Devil and Deep Sea, maybe just an adage but it aptly defines the sorry situation of 233 families of Gaurav Enclave in the Hatkesh area of Kashimira, who were rendered homeless after gaping cracks were noticed between the wings of the decade-old buildings in 2013. Neither Ravi Developments, the construction firm, has been able to honour the commitment of delivering the redevelopment project in three years' time, nor fulfilled the promise of monthly recompense (rent) till the building came up.
To add further to the hapless residents' woes, around 50 people led by Asif Mansuri barged into the premises of the under-construction project in an attempt to take possession. They claimed that the building land belonged to Anjum Patel. Mansuri claimed that the court had issued an order in favour of Patel and his associate landowners. Based on a complaint registered by the builder, the Kashimira police registered an offence under sections 448, 143, 144 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code against – Anjum, Mansuri and 50 other yet-to-be-identified people. Officer bearers of the housing society also approached the police seeking action against the trespassers. However, no arrests have been made so far into the case.
Notably, the families had been living in the buildings since 2000 and the society was formed in 2002. “The order on the virtue of which Patel claims ownership is itself declared null and void by the civic judge in his order on 28, February 2013. The residents and the housing