Summary:
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday sought a reply from the state government, Vadodara collector, Vadodara Urban Development Authority (VUDA), Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL), and a private developer Earth Landmark, after a public interest litigation (PIL) questioning the construction carried out by the developer over a natural gas pipeline of GAIL came up for hearing. The petitioner has claimed that the private developer has developed a residential society — Earth Somnath, on Gotri-Sevasi Road in Vadodara on a plot admeasuring 11,938 sqm. The collector then wrote a letter to GAIL seeking no-objection certificate (NOC) since natural gas pipelines laid down by the company were passing through the said land. When construction of the society was complete, it came to the notice of the petitioner that the developer had violated the conditions levied by GAIL and the collector. It has been demanded that the construction in contravention of the permission should be brought down..