borewells, large-scale
consumption of water, encroachments on water bodies and illegal
constructions are the root cause for water scarcity and unless drastic
measures ... same, as they allowed
encroachments on water bodies and the illegal constructions to grow like
mushroom. According to records of the Water Resources Department
relevant Rules framed thereunder and that barring unauthorised and illegal constructions which are subject matter of the writ petitions and revision petitions in this Court ... ready to take necessary steps for demolishing the unauthorised and illegal constructions, if any, by following the relevant rules and report the same to this
stringent actions are required to be taken by ruthlessly
demolishing the illegal constructions and non-
compoundable deviations, the unwary purchasers who
shall be the sufferers ... over the country we find that when people raise
illegal constructions it is claimed that the said construction has been
existing for long. The answer
represented across the Bar that there is a
mushroom growth of illegal constructions in the Union
Territory of Puducherry, especially in Puducherry Region.
The builders ... authorities have exempted illegal buildings from the
provisions of the Act and building bye-laws or regularized
the illegal constructions, such actions are justiciable
placed. This section as indicated earlier provides for regularization of illegal constructions on payment of a fee. Section 113 confers power on the State Government ... inhabitants of the city at large. Such wayward growth in illegal constructions has posed a serious threat to ecology and environment and affected water supply
sanctioned.
17.The Apex Court has come down heavily on illegal constructions/encroachments, as could be seen from the following decisions:
(i) In Priyanka Estates ... regularize the illegal construction and observed as follows:
It is a matter of common knowledge that illegal and unauthorised constructions beyond the sanctioned Plans
cannot be exercised in a routine
manner to legalise the illegal constructions. Illegal constructions are not
only causing environmental damages, but also posing a threat ... locality. The road users are also suffering on account of such
illegal constructions. The Government is not expected to be a mute
spectator in respect
stringent actions are
required to be taken by ruthlessly demolishing the
illegal constructions and non-compoundable
deviations.he unwary purchasers who shall be the
sufferers ... over the country we find that when people raise
illegal constructions it is claimed that the said construction
has been existing for long. The answer
keep a watch on building activities and to promptly stop the illegal constructions or deviations coming up, they often fail in discharging their duty. Either ... stringent actions are required to be taken by ruthlessly demolishing the illegal constructions and non-compoundable deviations. The unwary purchasers who shall be the sufferers
regularize the
illegal construction and observed as follows:
“It is a matter of common
knowledge that illegal and unauthorised
constructions beyond the sanctioned
plans ... public to know as to whether there has been any illegal
construction. Many illegal constructions are unnoticed, as although
construction is permitted only
