New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the contradictory stand taken by Delhi Police and MCD over the sealing drive in the capital, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the authorities to go ahead with the action against unauthorised commercial establishments without any further hindrance.
The apex court had summoned Delhi Police Commissioner K K Paul and MCD Commissioner A K Nigam to explain the delay in the resumption of sealing drive even after its order.
Paul, in his affidavit, said that police force was not made available for the sealing drive between April 3 and 5 as it was deployed for the MCD elections and 14th SAARC Summit.
The affidavit said that the police assistance was provided to the MCD for sealing process and two properties in North District and four schools were sealed in East Delhi on April 9.
Apart from this, police assistance was also provided to other civic agencies for the demolition of unauthorised constructions in various parts of the capital as per the directions of the Monitoring Committee appointed by the Delhi High Court.
However, in a contradictory stand, the MCD in its affidavit said that the sealing drive could not be carried out on April 9 also due to non-availability of police force.
A Bench headed by Justice Arijit Pasayat expressed its anguish at the manner in which the order of the court was not carried out in its letter and spirit.
After senior lawyer Ranjit Kumar, who is assisting the court as an amicus curiae in the matter, told the Bench that sealing has started pursuance to Tuesday's order, the Bench, as quoted by PTI, said, "we expect that sealing would be carried out without any grievance from any quarter".
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while expressing its anger over the delay in resumption of sealing of unauthorised commercial premises in the capital, pulled up the MCD and the Police and summoned the Police Commissioner and civic body Commissioner before the court.
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