If action taken in the case of Adarsh scam has to be an Adarsh action for future, then what is most important is to mobilise a campaign to do the following:
1. Demolish the building at the cost of the builder.
(We need not lament over the loss of an asset created. According to Kayne even digging a ditch and filling it up is a wothwhile economic activity in some cases in order to stimulate the economy! So we have created some jobs and will create some more for demolition and that is good enough. The' loss of asset' is not for the society but for individuals anyway!)
2. If the law prevents such an action, since 6 floors have been permitted, let the builder demolish 6th floor up within a specified time frame beyond which the government will demolish it and take legal action to recover the costs from the builder. The officials who enabled 'permissions' which are 'legal' must be brought to book too by being dismissed and fined / jailed.
(Of course all those who bought flats lose their money for having "bought a stolen property" as it were. That is the law applicable when you buy a 'stolen' property I understand.)
3. Ensure that mechanisms are installed for every construction project to display all the relevant permissions in highly visible sign boards at strategic places in the construction area to which public access is not denied.
4. Ensure that the urban development authorities have field squads who are constantly patrolling new constructions to ensure the relevant permissions are obtained.
5. Educate all citizens to watch out whenever new construction starts to look for these display of permissions and if absent to report to the appropriate authority or even allow PIL to be filed.
If such action is not taken the VIPs involved in the scam will see to it that the whole thing is "regularised".
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