The Kerala High Court on Tuesday stayed the controversial orders issued by the Lakshadweep administration which ordered the demolition of about 102 buildings, including homes that are located within 20 metres from the coast at various places in the island. The High court asked the island administration to give their affidavit on the issue within two weeks.
The administration had given notices to all those building owners who had buildings within 20 metres from the coast to demolish their structures. They had asked the owners to bring their documents of such buildings and they were told that the cost of demolishing such buildings will be recovered from them at a later stage.
The islanders when they had approached the high court first, they were told that it was only a draft suggestion and when they received the demolition orders, they approached the court again, which gave its orders, on Tuesday
On June 23, the Kerala High Court had issued an interim stay on the controversial orders issued by the Lakshadweep administration to exclude meat and chicken, part of the staple diet of the islanders, from the noon meal programme for school children and to close down the dairy farms run by its Animal Husbandry Department.
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