The Sindh High Court (SHC) has directed the project director of the Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) to restore the public park that was used as a camp office for the construction of the Gujjar Nullah to its original state.The direction came on a contempt-of-court application regarding the FWO’s non-compliance with the orders of the SHC, which had directed the organisation to vacate the public park in North Nazimabad after removing a batching plant installed there, and to restore the park to its original state.
An FWO official filed a statement in court claiming that the SHC’s order has been complied with, as sand and debris have been removed from the park, and the damaged boundary wall has been constructed.However, the petitioners’ counsel disputed the claim, saying that the court’s direction to the FWO to restore the park to its original state has not been complied with.
He said the FWO staff had only erected blocks without any plaster on it, while the iron gate that was broken by the organisation during their occupation of the park has not been re-installed.An SHC division bench headed by Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi drew the attention of the alleged contemnor towards the court’s order, which clearly reflected that the alleged contemnor had not only undertaken to vacate the subject park but also made the assurance to restore it to its original state.
The bench said that prima facie, the court order has not been complied with because the alleged contemnor neither properly constructed the boundary wall nor installed the iron gate that was removed during construction work and the entrance was blocked by raising a wall.
