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Noida, Aug 31 (PTI) It was the relentless pursuit of justice over a decade by a group of senior citizens that resulted in the Supreme Court"s Tuesday order for demolition of the illegal 40-storey twin towers of a real estate group in Noida.
These senior citizens, including a retired DIG of the CISF, a former DRDO official and a deputy director general in Telecom Department, often travelled unreserved in trains for court hearings in Allahabad and even had to collect donations to continue their legal battle against the builder.
Now with the top court"s decision, residents of Emerald Court in Sector 93 of Noida are full of praise for these senior citizens and their perseverance for justice over 12 years.
In 2009, four residents went up against Supertech"s plan for twin towers, which were coming up in violation of building bye-laws, and formed a core legal committee that moved court.
UBS Teotia (79), S K Sharma (74), Ravi Bajaj (65) and M K Jain (59) were credited with bringing down the builder on its knees.
Jain was the only exception in the senior citizens" club but he passed away earlier this year due to COVID-19, while Bajaj withdrew from the committee last year citing personal reasons, said Sharma who had retired as deputy DG in the Telecom Department.