Allahabad HC stays demolition of resort belonging to Samajwadi Party MP’s wife

Source:-indialegallive

Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday stayed the demolition of ‘Humsafar’, a resort belonging to Tanzeen Fatima, wife of Samajwadi Party MP Mohd Azam Khan.

The division bench of Justices S. K. Gupta and Piyush Agrawal passed this order on a petition filed by Tazeen Fatima against the order of demolition by the Uttar Pradesh government.

The plea was opposed by the state counsel, who said that the petitioner has an alternative and an efficacious statutory remedy by way of an appeal under Section 27(2) of the act for redressal of his grievance before the appellate authority. But instead of availing the said alternative remedy, the petitioner has chosen to file the present writ petition, which is not maintainable before this court, the state counsel said.

The court said as against the order of demolition the petitioner has an alternative statutory remedy of appeal and he may, if so advised, file an appeal against the impugned order of demolition under section 27(2) UP Urban Planning and Development Act before the appropriate authority within two weeks.