Karachi: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday (November 16) ordered the Karachi Municipal Corporation (KMC) to demolish 130 houses built on state land intended for the development of roads, news sources reported. The order was given during a case hearing pertaining to the encroachment of state land in Anda Mor, New Karachi in a district central to Monghopir in district west.
According to the details, the two-judge bench led by Justice Zafar Ahmed Rajput ordered the municipal corporation to compensate homeowners prior to house demolition and to file a compliance report with the court within one month. The court was told during the hearing that KMC had allocated the property to homeowners in 1982 and subsequently regularised the same in 1987. However, in 2006, the SHC ordered land recovery, which was not carried out.
Furthermore, the court directed the KMC administration to offer alternate land for the inhabitants and to refrain from demolishing until the compensation procedure was completed.
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