MCD to deseal banquet halls developed before January 1

New Delhi, June 9 (UNI) The Municipal Corporation of Delhi today decided to deseal all the farmhouses and banquet halls in the capital which had come up prior to January 1 this year.

The order of the MCD came after the Additional Solicitor General of India A Sharan opined that the farmhouses and banquet halls which had been unauthorisedly developed before January 1, 2006 were entitled to protection under Section 3 of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, passed by Parliament last month.

All Zonal deputy commissioners of the MCD have been directed to take action accordingly.

After the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006, came into force, the MCD had sought the opinion of the Additional Solicitor General on action to be taken with resepct to the farmhouses and banquet halls which had been sealed on the directions issued by the Delhi High court.

While the Additional Solicitor General opined that the farmhouses and banquet halls developed before January 1 were entitled to protection under the Section 3 of the Act, those which had been developed after January 1 were covered under section 4 of the Act.

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