Jaipur: Enforcement wing of Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) Monday sealed the posh Villa Palladio Resort, located on the city’s fringes in Kanota, for illegally encroaching on three bighas of govt land.Officials also demolished all structures built by the resort encroaching on govt land, of which two bighas belong to JDA, while one bigha of land vulnerable to Kanota Dam land filling area was also encroached upon. Rahul Katakey, DIG of the enforcement wing, stated, that Sunday the civic body issued a notice against resort management for illegally running this property on JDA’s land, blocking the Kanota Dam filling area. “Against the earlier notices of the enforcement wing, the operator filed a suit in the JDA Appellate Tribunal. JDA strongly presented its side in the appellate tribunal and got the suit dismissed. As per the court’s decision, the operator was given time to remove encroachments. On Monday, we demolished all structures encroaching on the govt land and sealed the entire property,” Katakey added. Officials of the enforcement wing stated that the resort encroached upon the two bigha JDA land by illegally constructing a path made of stone rocks, erecting horse stables, an entrance gate, and several kiosks. The resort also encroached upon the Kanota Dam filling area by levelling the land and dumping soil.
