Col (Retd.) Niraj Nayan Bajpayee v. Nagar Panchayat
Case brief
What is this about?
In this Letters Patent Appeal, the High Court at Patna considered the status of an illegal construction found by the learned Single Judge. Ruling that the structure must be demolished under law if the map is not sanctioned, the court disposed of the appeal by directing authorities to consider the fresh plan application and reserved the appellant's liberty to challenge the resulting order.
What did the court decide?
Direction to authorities to consider and decide the appellant's application for sanction of the plan; direction to demolish structure if map is not sanctioned.