Last month, the administration banned illegal construction work on property in the Kanha Tiger Reserve area of Madhya Pradesh. Allegedly, construction work was also going on on the property of actor Randeep Hooda here. He is building a hotel here, which was stopped by the court. Randeep is accused of starting construction work here without permission. The actor filed a petition in this matter, which has been disposed of by the MP High Court today.
Randeep Hooda
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has disposed of the petition of Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, in which he had demanded that the authorities be stopped from taking action against him regarding the alleged construction on his property near the Kanha Tiger Reserve. The court found that Randeep Hooda’s petition is not maintainable, and also refused to cancel the show cause notice issued to him regarding the alleged construction near the buffer zone of the reserve.
Randeep Hooda
A single bench of Justice GS Ahluwalia said, ‘Whether the petitioner Randeep Hooda is doing any construction or not is a disputed fact, on which this court cannot decide’. The High Court clarified that it has not considered the merits of the allegations leveled in the show cause notice issued to Hooda or the merits of the defense raised by the petitioner.
Randeep Hooda
The court said that the decision on the proceedings will be taken by the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) of Baihar in Balaghat district as per the evidence on record. It is known that the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) Balaghat had issued a notice to Hooda on June 18, citing the report of an inquiry committee about construction work being carried out without mandatory approval from various departments, and directed him to stop the work immediately.
The SDO had asked the petitioner to appear before the concerned officer on June 19 and submit the documents related to any approval sought. After this, Hooda approached the High Court. The government lawyer called the petition a premature petition. In its order on Thursday, the court said, “The petition is disposed of with the observation that if the petitioner applies for the supply of a copy of the investigation report submitted by the inquiry committee, the copy shall be supplied to him within three days from the date of filing of the application.”