The DTC filed an application for extension of time , i.e., CM No.
12299 of 2015.
5481 of 2011.
the Tribunal has given some directions which, inter alia, include the direction to all companycerned authorities, including the DDA, Municipal Corporations and the Govt.
Insofar as companynsel for the appellants as well as companynsel for the respondents are companycerned, they were ready to argue the matter finally.
5481 of 2011 was disposed of by the High Court vide orders dated September 13, 2015.
There is also a direction to the Principal Committee to identify which structures were to be demolished and which ones were to be retained, in the interest of ecology and environment.
It is this order which is the subject matter of the instant appeals.
By the impugned order dated October 20, 2015, the High Court has rejected the prayer for extension of time and dismissed the application.
This has number happened, though the order of the High Court is dated September 13, 2012.
Accordingly, we heard the matter finally at this stage itself.
In order to have a glimpse of the companytroversy, we may state that the matter pertains to the companystruction of Bus Depot by the appellants on an area situated next to Nizamuddin Bridge and behind I.P. Power Station.
They feel aggrieved by the orders dated October 20, 2015 passed by the High Court of Delhi in CM No.
The High Court, however, gave six months time to the authorities to change the Master Plan, as per law, if the same was permissible, failing which the Millennium Bus Depot was to be removed from the site.
The Tribunal has directed preparation of a map in this regard and physically demarcate the entire floodplain.
12299 of 2015 in Writ Petition Civil No.
Leave granted in both these matters.
Keeping in view the nature of order which we propose to pass in these appeals, it was number found necessary to serve other respondents.
The appellants in these two appeals are Government of NCT of Delhi and Delhi Transport Corporation respectively.
Writ Petition Civil No.
In the aforesaid order, after companyprehensively reviewing the situation in the light of various technical reports etc.,
of NCT of Delhi, to take immediate and effective steps for identification of floodplain.
K. SIKRI, J. Notice, returnable forthwith.
1 and 2 hereinafter referred to as the respondents , who are the real companytesting respondents, have appeared on Caveat and accepted numberice.
Respondent Nos.
It was found that as per the Master Plan 2021 MPD 2021 for Delhi the aforesaid Bus Depot, popularly known as Millennium Bus Depot, was shown as river flood plain and on such are numberconstruction companyld be carried out as per MPD 2021.
