NIT had given the land to the Shreeram Religious and Charitable Trust in 1953 to run a dharamshala (budget hotel) for charitable purpose. The Trust headed by Saraf family, constructed a hospital, shops, garages and other commercial units without the permission of NIT. Justice A B Choudhary pulled up the Trust for commercial use of the land. He said that NIT was best suited to run the complex.
NIT issued a show cause notice to the Trust in December 2009 claiming that the allotment of land was only for construction of dharamshala building and no other purpose. It pointed out that 32 rooms given to a private hospital on rent, ten shops to shops and two garages on rent were illegal.
The Trust. in its reply, stated that NIT itself had sanctioned commercial use by regularising the commercial structures. It claimed that the first and second floor were provided for relatives of patients admitted in GMC on concessional rates. The shops were essential for convenience of these people and provided service like laundry, barber, restaurants, etc.
Justice Choudhari, in the order, pulled up the Trust for not coming clean on the monetary benefits accrued from commercial use of the plot. He said that the Trust itself had provided evidence that it had made constructions to suit the need of a full-fledged private hospital. There was no evidence that any relative of a patient had been given a single room in the past few years. It was unfortunate that the Trust did not realise that patients visiting GMCH would be diverted to Centre Point hospital by brokers and dalals at the cost of poor people, he added.
NIT issued a show cause notice to the Trust in December 2009 claiming that the allotment of land was only for construction of dharamshala building and no other purpose. It pointed out that 32 rooms given to a private hospital on rent, ten shops to shops and two garages on rent were illegal.
The Trust. in its reply, stated that NIT itself had sanctioned commercial use by regularising the commercial structures. It claimed that the first and second floor were provided for relatives of patients admitted in GMC on concessional rates. The shops were essential for convenience of these people and provided service like laundry, barber, restaurants, etc.
Justice Choudhari, in the order, pulled up the Trust for not coming clean on the monetary benefits accrued from commercial use of the plot. He said that the Trust itself had provided evidence that it had made constructions to suit the need of a full-fledged private hospital. There was no evidence that any relative of a patient had been given a single room in the past few years. It was unfortunate that the Trust did not realise that patients visiting GMCH would be diverted to Centre Point hospital by brokers and dalals at the cost of poor people, he added.
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