Minister orders FIR against Panipat builder over lack of basic amenities

Minister for Social Justice, Empowerment, Scheduled Caste and Backward Class Welfare and Antyodaya Krishan Bedi on Friday directed that an FIR be lodged against Ansal Builders for failing to provide basic amenities to residents and asked the police to pursue the matter seriously.

The minister was presiding over the District Public Relations and Grievance Redressal Committee meeting held at the Mini Secretariat here.

Of the 13 listed complaints, Bedi resolved eight on the spot, while five were kept pending for the next meeting.

Pawan Kumar, a resident of Ansal City, raised the issue of lack of basic amenities in the BPL category flats. The matter had been pending for the past two meetings. Acting on the grievance, Bedi ordered the police to register an FIR against the owners of Ansal Sushant City.

In another pending complaint, Gulshan, a plot owner in Parsvnath Developers Limited, alleged that the developer had carved out plots without providing amenities such as electricity, water supply and sewerage, which had prevented the plot owners from constructing homes. The minister ordered the formation of a committee under the chairmanship of the SDM, Panipat, to look into the matter.

In a separate complaint, Ravinder of Sector 12 demanded the arrest of the accused in his case. The Minister directed the police to take appropriate action and kept the matter pending for the next meeting.

Bedi said the state government was committed to ensuring justice for residents and directed officials to give priority to grievances raised in the district committee meetings.

Deputy Commissioner Dr Virender Kumar Dahiya, SP Bhupender Singh, BJP district president Dushyant Bhatt, MP representative Gajender Saluja, SDM Mandeep Singh, Israna SDM Navdeep Nain, Samalkha SDM Amit Kumar and other officers attended the meeting.