Times News Network Ludhiana: Staff of the MC building branch , Zone-A launched a drive to seal hotels for violation of building bylaws . When the staff initiated the action, hotel owners started protesting. Further action could not be taken due to political interference .
According to MC sources, the building branch sealed three hotels, but MC employees dispersed when hoteliers started protesting. The matter reached MLA Madan Lal Bagga, whose intervention led the officials to abandon the action midway. An inspector of the building branch said that the case of hotels built in violation of rules in the city was pending in high court.
According to an estimate, there are 76 hotels in Zone-A, most of which do not have their own parking space. Also, owners of buildings converted from shops to hotels owe lakhs as composition fees. They have not been paying building fees despite notices.
A few of these hotels have been built by converting SCOs. According to the inspector, a delegation of hotel businessmen requested MLA Madan Lal Bagga and recommended postponement of the action for two days. We also published the following articles recently HC suspends sealing of Secbad hotel Justice B Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court suspended the sealing of Hotel Metropolis in Secunderabad after proprietor Abdul Rashid claimed the police wrongly implicated him in a crime involving a nearby temple.
According to senior counsel L Ravichander, the hotel was operating with a valid license and hosti.
