\nFollowing the directions passed by the two-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the Capital Development Authority on Monday took over the physical possession of the \u2018Northern Strip\u2019 of Sector E-11. This \u2018Northern Strip\u2019 of Sector E-11, spread over an area of 54 acres of land, was being developed as a \u2018joint venture\u2019 by the Multi Professional Co-operative Housing Society (MPCHS) and the CDA. A formal agreement for this joint venture between the MPCHS and the CDA was approved by the CDA Board and signed on December 2, 2008 under which the CDA had the rights over 57 per cent of the project while the MPCHS had 43 per cent rights on the total area.\n<\/p>\n
\nAccording to the development plan the 54-acre area lying in the \u2018Northern Strip\u2019 of Sector E-11, 47.58 kanal of land was reserved for residential plots, 112.05 kanal of land was reserved for high-rise and medium-rise residential blocks (flats\/apartments), 29.86 kanal area was reserved for commercial plots, 15.8 acres of land was under the road network in the project, 70.51 kanal area was reserved as \u2018institutional area\u2019 while 27.28 kanal area was reserved for \u2018educational\/health\u2019 purposes. A total of 2.8 acres of land was left as \u2018green area\u2019 in the project. However, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, took suo-moto notice, as the project became controversial as both CDA and the MPCHS came under criticism from the public and the media, under case no.13 of 2009. On April 16 the two-member bench, comprising the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani, decided the case, directing the CDA to take over the possession of the project and complete it in accordance with the provisions of the (CDA) Ordinance.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe directions passed by the Supreme Court said:\n<\/p>\n
\n\u201cClause (iv) of regulation 4(1)A of the Regulation is declared to be inconsistent with sections 12 and 13 read with section 2(1) and (J) and consequently the JVA (Joint Venture Agreement) entered with MPCHS is rendered inoperative and ineffective qua CDA. \u201cThe CDA Board is directed to take over the project and complete the same in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe Chairman CDA shall ensure implementation of the above direction and submit compliance report within a period of one month from the date of this judgment, and. \u201cMPCHS will, however, be at liberty to pursue the remedy for recovery of any amount spent on the project in accordance with law.\u201d On Monday, CDA Chairman Imtiaz Inayat Elahi and the CDA Board Members held a special meeting in the CDA Headquarters to formulate strategy for taking over the Northern Strip of E-11 in the light of Supreme Court decision.\n<\/p>\n
\nThe spokesman for the Authority said that the Director-General (Planning), Ghulam Sarwar Sandhu, informed the meeting that the possession of the project has already been taken over by the Enforcement staff of CDA. He said that the CDA chairman has issued directions for establishing security picket and check posts to ensure the safety of already developed infrastructure and streetlights etc in this \u2018Joint Venture Northern Strip\u2019. \u201cIt was also decided to dispose off commercial and residential plots through open auction in transparent manner. It is expected that the CDA will earn handsome amount through sale of these plots in the near future,\u201d the CDA spokesman said.\n<\/p>\n
\nHe said that the chairman has also directed that the relevant officers should ensure the implementation of the Supreme Court decision in letter and spirit. It was also decided that all joint venture projects under consideration in the Authority be reviewed in the light of the Supreme Court judgment given on Northern Strip, E-11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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