January 19, 2017 by admin

Delhi HC allows Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib to use ‘piao’

New Delhi, January 19
The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib in Chandni Chowk here to use the water tank (piao).
The Delhi government had demolished the tank on April 6, 2016 in a drive against encroachments ordered by the HC, but the gurdwara authorities reconstructed the tank.
Upon this, the government authorities restrained the historic gurdwara from using the tank and filed a contempt of court case in the HC.
A bench comprising Justices BD Ahmed and Ashutosh Kumar accepted the gurdwara’s contention that the water facility had been in use for more than 50 years and rejected the government’s contempt case.
The gurdwara had pleaded that its ‘piao’ alone had been targeted in the drive. The HC also accepted the map provided by the shrine officials to show that the facility had always been part of the gurdwara, Parvinder Singh Pal said.