Vadodara: Former cricketer and Lok Sabha MP from Trinamool Congress (TMC) Yusuf Pathan, has approached the Gujarat High Court (HC) regarding a notice issued by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) about land encroachment. The notice was served on June 6, instructing him to remove encroachments from a plot owned by VMC in Tandalja within 15 days.

Pathan informed the court that he had applied for the land in 2012 and that a different proposal was introduced by the corporation in 2014. He alleged, “I have recently been elected from a different party in the Lok Sabha elections, and attempts are being made to harass me.”

Pathan’s lawyer, Yatin Oza, argued that the VMC’s encroachment removal notice was issued just days after the election results, a decade after the proposal had been approved by the VMC. To which Justice  Sangeeta Vishen responded that Pathan too did not do anything for 10 years. “After 10 years, perhaps the right is lost and so is the remedy…You show your right otherwise the court is not inclined to entertain this petition,” Justice Vishen went on to add.

In response to the application, the Gujarat High Court has sought clarification from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation regarding this matter. The court has scheduled the next hearing for Friday and has requested that the VMC’s panel advocate be present.

Vijay Pawar, former municipal councilor of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC), alleged that the former cricketer has illegally encroached upon a plot owned by VMC at Tandalja Town Planning Scheme number 22, final plot number 90. DeshGujarat