Four industrial sheds erected in Dariyapur with bogus ASI NOC
A total of four industrial sheds based on a bogus non-objection certificate (NOC) from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) was constructed in Dariyapur of Ahmedabad.
In a similar case to this, in 2018, the NOC presented by the builder of ‘Salman Avenue’ to the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was revealed to be bogus. The ASI submitted that no such NOC was issued in 2015, as claimed by the builder.
Now the estate department of AMC has taken action after it was informed by ASI about the sheds in Dariyapur with ASI’s bogus NOC located at part-127 of final plot no-146 of TP Scheme No 14.
After the ASI informed the AMC, the estate department cancelled the leave letter and issued a notice to demolish the construction in 2017. A petition was also filed in the court in 2019 against this.
Salman Avenue’s bogus NOC
With Salman Avenue, the Gujarat High Court had provided two months to the builder to obtain the NOC, ordering a 'status quo' after AMC had issued a notice of demolition.
However, no NOC was obtained during those two months. Despite that, no action has been taken by the Estates and Legal Department of the AMC for the last six years.
Officials of the legal department were unable to explain the inaction against the construction for six years despite the lack of NOC.
The builder was required to acquire an NOC from the ASI since the construction site falls within 100 meters of a historical monument.