The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) on Tuesday educated the Sindh High Court that all the development exercises at Bahria Town were unapproved and illicit and its “Bahria Greens” venture was propelled without acquiring a deal and commercial no-protest declaration from the position.
At the point when an appeal documented against Bahria Town’s new plan came ready for hearing under the steady gaze of a two-judge seat headed by Justice Khadim Hussain Shaikh, a SBCA representative executive (structure and protest) recorded remarks expressing that before propelling a huge exposure crusade of “Bahria Greens” on media for booking/offer of plots, Bahria Town didn’t acquire the NOC as required under Section 5 of SBCO 1979.
It further said that a design plan for land estimating 4,696.685 sections of land was given by the Malir Development Authority (MDA) in August 2014 and Bahria Town had applied for issuance of a changed NOC for a similar which couldn’t be considered due to non-satisfaction of states of the NOC gave before.
“M/s Bahria Town (Pvt) Ltd proceeded with development of multi-story structures/cabins and improvement of the task without substantial endorsements/NOCs from the SBCA and different offices and matter was under enquiry with NAB specialists and furthermore sub-judice under the steady gaze of the Supreme Court of Pakistan,” the SBCA said.
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It further kept up that in its January 14, 2018 judgment the summit court had forced a prohibition on development of past six stories which was likewise relevant to Bahria Town Karachi while in its May 2018 request in a suo motu case, the Supreme Court had likewise guided the allottees of the task to store their portions in an exceptional record opened by the extra recorder at the Karachi vault.
“Since no endorsement of building plan allowed by SBCA all the development exercises at Bahria Town is unapproved and illicit from SBCA’s perspective. Along these lines, a letter was given to Bahria Town dated 20-11-2018 while an open notification was distributed in papers dated 28-11-2018 for attention to overall population after legitimate screening by the lawful segment of SBCA. Moreover, NOC available to be purchased and ad stands invalid vide letter dated 30-11-2018,” it kept up.
The SBCA said that a gathering with an assignment of Bahria Town was held under the chairmanship of the SBCA executive general in July 2019 wherein it was guaranteed by the developer that total data in regards to number of plots accessible in the plan alongside information of built structures will be given inside a proper way of time, however no further advancement was made in such manner.
A report was submitted to the SBCA boss with respect to an ad of Bahria Central Park Apartments that showed up in papers and another report was likewise submitted and a request in the issue was anticipated, the SBCA report stated, including that SBCA boss a report presented by the chief structure in March had alluded the issue to the main law official.
As needs be, a letter had been given on June 10 to the representative chief (Gadap) with a solicitation to give subtleties, report about site position and legal disputes, however no suggestion had been gotten from him up ’til now, it finished up. Solicitor Tariq Ishtiaque, through his legal advisor Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, presented that the Bahria Town had propelled the “Bahria Greens” venture without the endorsement of the specialists concerned and it additionally had no land for such a plan.
