Demolition ordered for 38 buildings at UP university founded by SP leader Azam Khan

The Rampur Development Authority in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday ordered the demolition of 38 of the 40 buildings at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, founded by jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, PTI reported.

All the buildings in the university campus except the medical college and the academic block were constructed “without approval”, PTI quoted unidentified officials as having alleged.

Khan had served as the president of the Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust, which operates the university. However, the SP leader and his family resigned from the trust in January.

The demolition order was issued under the 1973 Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, the news agency quoted officials as saying.

The university has been given 15 days to remove the allegedly unauthorised structures, failing which the administration will carry out the demolition, The Indian Express reported.

The action was initiated based on a report by the regional junior engineer alleging unauthorised structures on the campus, PTI quoted Rampur District Magistrate Ajay Kumar Dwivedi as saying.

He said that the university management had been served a notice and given an opportunity to present its case.

The university submitted its reply on July 8, while a personal hearing was conducted on July 15.

During the hearing, the university said that the Singankhera village, where the campus is located, was not in the...

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