The builders who constructed the flat complexes in Maradu should be blacklisted, urged senior CPI(M) leader and former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan.
The veteran leader in a statement issued in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday also demanded legal action against those who had gone out of the way and granted permission for the construction and those who backed them.
VS also urged the all party meeting convened by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the issue to be held on Tuesday, to consider this. The all party meeting will take place at 3.30 pm in Thiruvananthapuram.
The Supreme Court had given ultimatum to demolish four apartment buildings — Jains Coral Cove, Golden Kayaloram, H20 Holy Faith and Alfa Serene in Maradu by September 20.
While political parties including the ruling CPI(M) and the Congress have come out against demolishing the flats considering the plight of the flat owners, CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran has asked to implement the Supreme Court order.
“The Supreme Court verdict on the issue is based on the legal system in the country. But what a group of builders are doing is to carry out such construction works by violating the law, to get stay from courts, whenever those illegal constructions are exposed, to complete the work and get the flats sold out. Their marketing strategy is to give flats for prominent people in the society for free and thereby selling out the other flats citing that such people own the flats,” statement of VS says.
The tallest Communist party leader who has single-handedly led many a fight for various causes which are socially relevant, also cites in the statement that he is on a legal fight in the issue of a flat complex in Pattur, Thiruvananthapuram which was illegally constructed.
"It would amount to backing violations of law and corruption to argue that the burden should be borne by the public when the legal action is completed, but without intervening during the phase of construction and sale of flats," the statement reads.
Though the government's earlier stand was that it would implement the SC order, it relented owing to support for the people living in the flats, from political parties. The flat owners have also been protesting against the demolition order.