CG Road shops to be conditionally unsealed for a month:HC

Gujarat High Court today gave some respite to CG Road shop owners whose shops/offices are sealed by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation teams in last week for violation of fire safety and parking rules. Following are major points of today’s High Court decision.

-C.G.Road shop owners and jewelers association had challenged the sealing process in Gujarat High Court.

-The applicants showed readiness to create parking space and follow fire safety rules before Gujarat High Court.

-Gujarat High Court has given the applicants one month time to come up with parking space plan and implementation of fire safety.

-HC has asked the applicants to obtain Ahmedabad Fire department NOC after execution of fire safety provisions.

-HC has asked the applicants to come with a plan to provide parking space 30% of FSI within 500 meter of CG Road.

-HC has categorically said that this implies to only applicants that are shop owners of CG Road.

-In view of today’s development, the High Court has asked to open the seal of the shops on CG Road.

-That means the other sealed buildings will have to put forward different plea in High Court.

-HC asked AMC to continue to take action against buildings without fire safety and parking space violation.

-HC said that in any case parking space and fire safety violations will not be tolerated.