Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 5: Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, has directed the Kothibagh police to file status report regarding the steps taken by him on the encroachment of Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) land by some Taxi drivers on Maulana Azad Link Road earlier this week.
The SDA authorities were compelled to knock the court after police and district administration failed to remove encroachers from the land.
Police registered the FIR 67/13 under Sections 447A/ 379 and 427 after directions from the CJM.
The dispute arose after some taxi drivers with the backing of some ruling party politicians illegally occupied a prime plot of land worth over Rs 100 crore belonging to Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) to set up a Taxi Stand.
Forcing their way into the compound, the taxi drivers bulldozed the SDA constructions in the compound housing the store of SDA on Maulana Azad Link Road on the intervening night of August 24 and 25 and parked their vehicles there.
The Taxi drivers have put up banners declaring the plot, measuring around 1.6 acres and valued at over Rs 100 crore, as a Taxi Stand.
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