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Charanjit Singh TejaTribune News ServiceAmritsar, November 20After a stay by the Supreme Court on action against illegal hotels around Golden Temple in August, the illegal construction of hotels and commercial buildings in the walled city is on peak. Ironically, despite the HC ban on construction, around 450 hotels have been constructed in the city during the past seven years. The Punjab and Haryana High Court had stayed the operation of illegal hotels under the Amritsar Walled City Act 2016 and ordered the DC to disconnect water and power supply of hotels on July 22. After an amendment to the Walled City Act 2019, the MC invited applications for regularisation of buildings. Moreover, officials have planned a proposal for the regularisation of illegal buildings..