The Allahabad high court has stayed the demolition of a dwelling in Varanasi’s Dal Mandi attach. The Varanasi Nagar Nigam had asked the owner of residence no. 39/12 to raze it within 7 days since it was once in a outdated condition.
The bench comprising Justice Neeraj Tiwari and Justice Siddharth Nandan passed the portray in a petition filed by Syed Abbas Murtaza Shamsi. Senior advocate SFA Naqvi, acting for the petitioner, argued that the residence was once not talked about on a list of outdated structures of January 30, 2026. On the opposite hand, a demolition leer was once all right this moment sent on April 15, 2026 in the name of a deceased person Shamshu Nisha Begum rendering your entire direction of “void ab initio (void from the beginning attach)”.
In its April 30 portray, the court directed the advocate for the Nagar Nigam to manufacture the inspection document of Dal Mandi attach dated April 15, 2026, on the premise of which the demolition leer was once issued.
“Record this case on 07.05.2026, as new. Till then, space quo as on date, will be maintained and no demolition shall happen, in admire of the petitioner’s residence.” the bench ordered. The authorities is environment up Dal Mandi hall project in Varanasi to widen a 650-metre motorway from Beniyabagh to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.
