The High Court of Uttarakhand has directed the State Government and the municipal corporation of Dehradunt to clarify the position in the case of encroachments near the Guru Ram Rai public school in Dehradun by June 30.
According to the case details, Dehradun resident SP Yadav had filed a public interest litigation in the high court stating that in Dehradun, vendors of fruits, vegetables and other items in collusion with the police and municipal officials, had encroached on the land of Guru Ram Rai public school at lalpul, Patelnagar in Dehradun. The area encroached upon is at the main gate of the school due to which the students and their guardians face problems regularly. It has also been alleged that the police and municipal officials are making illegal collections daily from the vendors encroaching on the land. There have also been incidents of girls facing eve teasing here apart from which there have also been cases of chains and purses being snatched from women here. Operating shops near the school is improper and the vendors should be shifted, the petitioner has stated. The petition was taken up for hearing by the division bench of chief justice KM Joseph and justice Alok Singh.