Defending state action, attorney general R Venkataramani assured of following the adequate “due process” in serving the notices. He pointed out large-scale illegal occupations saying it was difficult for the state government to control unauthorised possession.The apex court had previously slammed the Uttar Pradesh government over the demolition of houses in Prayagraj without following due legal procedure and said the action sends a “shocking and wrong signal.”The counsel for the petitioners had said the state government wrongly demolished the houses thinking the land belonged to gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed, who was killed in 2023 in a police encounter.The top court was hearing a plea by advocate Zulfiqar Haider, professor Ali Ahmed and others whose houses were demolished.The Allahabad High Court rejected their plea challenging the demolition.The petitioners alleged to have been served notice on March 6, 2021 in respect of certain constructions standing over a portion of Nazul Plot No.19, Lukerganj, police station Khuldabad in Prayagraj district.
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