Unauthorised constructions cannot be claimed as an absolute right: Madras HC
MADURAI: Holding that unauthorised constructions cannot be regularised in a routine manner and cannot be claimed as an absolute right, Madras high court observed that authorities failing in their duty to deal with unauthorised constructions should be subjected to disciplinary proceedings. A division bench of justice S M Subramaniam and justice A D Maria Clete observed that regularisation or condonation are only enabling provisions and must be granted exceptionally in deserving cases where an injustice was caused. The judges observed, “Regularisation is an exemption and can never be claimed as an absolute right. On the one hand, the statute contemplates…