According to Delhi Mayor Shelly Oberoi, a tribunal established by the court has mandated that around 392 stores in Lajpat Nagar part-IV that were sealed in 2018 due to norm violations be opened. To have their stores de-sealed, the shop owners must, among other things, pay a penalty and provide an undertaking as an addendum to the lease deed.
“Any penalty or misuse charge will have to be paid. If there are any other outstanding charges including some conversion charges and parking charges, they will have to be paid. A structural stability certificate will also have to be submitted to MCD. After all this is cleared, these shops will be de-sealed,” an official release said.
The decision stands to give relief to around 400 traders and 20,000 residents of Delhi whose lives are dependent on these shops, leader of the House Mukesh Goyal said.
In a press conference, the mayor described the move as a “Diwali gift” to the affected traders.
“While giving a Diwali gift, the monitoring committee has ordered to de-seal all these shops. This is a huge relief for traders and shop owners who were battling for years to get their shops opened,” she said.
In 2018, 392 shops were sealed at the instance of a Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee, she said.
The garment shops were located in the Lajpat Nagar-IV area and were sealed for carrying out commercial activity in a residential area, the mayor said.
She told reporters that, following years of battle, the “monitoring committee has taken a decision to deseal” these establishments, deeming the action “praiseworthy.” According to Oberoi, in order to begin the de-sealing procedure, the merchants will need to provide an undertaking along with a few other documents.
“A supplementary lease deed which is executed by the L&DO, will have to be submitted, as also penalties and misuse charges to be paid to L&DO, besides conversion and parking charges, if due,” Oberoi said
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