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Maya's Ambedkar Jayanti plea doesn't get relief for `smaraks'
TNN 14 November 2009, 01:53am IST
NEW DELHI: The Mayawati government on Friday took the plea of Dalit
icon Dr B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary on December 6 to seek
permission from
the Supreme Court to do maintenance and repair work at the `smarak'
built in his honour at Lucknow.
The state government pleaded before a Bench comprising Justices H S
Bedi and J M Panchal that a large number of people were expected to
throng the Ambedkar `smarak sthal' at Lucknow on his birth anniversary
and arrangements as well as repair and maintenance work needed to be
carried out there.
Though the Bench refused to give any immediate relief saying there had
been no change in the circumstances since the work was ordered to be
stopped at all project sites in Lucknow, it agreed to put the
application for hearing on November 30 along with the main matter.
Appearing for petitioner Mithilesh Kumar Singh and the NGO Gomti Nagar
Janakalyan Maha Samiti, senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi said
that no leeway should be given to the Mayawati government on this
score as it had in the past failed in the trust test by continuing
with the work despite giving an undertaking not to do so.
On September 11, the SC had ordered a complete stop on all kinds of
activity at the project sites for `smaraks' after taking suo motu
cognizance of media reports that the state had violated its September
8 undertaking not to do any construction activity there.
The project sites affected by the stop work fiat of the apex court
included Ambedkar Udyan, Kanshiram Sanskritik Maidan, Kanshiram Smarak
and Ramabai-Ambedkar Rally Sthal.
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