A day after sealing two booths in Krishna market, the UT Estate Office on Friday sealed three more booths in the market, Sector 41 here.
An official of Estate Office said three booths were sealed on Friday morning. Two booths were sold out to other people while one was given on rent.
According to the rules, the original allottees cannot sell the booths or give it on rent to other people. Also, a person applying for booth should not have a commercial property in either his name or in the name of members of his family in the Tricity. Additionally, his income should not be more than Rs5,000 per month.
The UT Estate Office had on Thursday sealed two booths.
After sealing of three booths on Friday, the shopkeepers of the Krishna market protested against the action of Estate office and blocked the Sector 41-42 road. They alleged that the officials of Estate Office are troubling them from past four days.
Notably, a survey was conducted regarding the ownership of booths in the Krishna market on Monday. The survey was conducted to verify the identification of allottees/occupants of the market.
During the survey, around 59 occupants failed to show the original allotment letter/valid proof of their booths and was failed to prove that they are authorised allottes of the booths in the market.
The Estate Office is now taking stern action against the unauthorised occupiers in the market.
The UT Administrator Shivraj Patil had in 2010 marked a magisterial probe into the irregularities in allotment of booths in Krishna market and the then ADC PS Shergill was asked to probe the matter.
Shergill, in his report submitted in 2011, had indicted Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal and influential people for the alleged irregularities. It was also said that financial dimensions of the fraudulent allotments ran into crores of rupees that included money being paid to politicians, police officials and officers of the Estate Office.