The team, headed by Jaipur divisional commissioner Madhukar Gupta, included archeology and architecture experts as well as police officers and lawyers.
The committee was primarily constituted to keep the historical wall around the old Jaipur city free from encroachments. A petition pending before the high court alleges that the wall was being encroached upon through illegal constructions made on shops situated along it.
The team visited areas around the Ajmeri Gate, Sanganeri Gate, Ghat Gate, Galta Gate, RAC Lines and Zorawar Singh Gate. According to sources, the team checked some of the nearly 2,800 encroachments identified by a private group engaged for the purposes by the district administration. "We have to undertake more visits of these areas before submitting our report to the high court," said advocate Vimal Chaudhary, a member of the team.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Kumar Mishra and Justice Mahesh Bhagwati ordered for constitution of the committee on December 22, 2010, while hearing the petition moved by one Brij Mohan Jangid.
Te state government had issued a notification on September 16, 1968 and declared the old city's boundary wall a public monument. To protect it against being defaced, the government also banned construction around the wall. Subsequently, the Rajasthan High Court passed an order in 1995 and prohibited construction on the nearby shop-rooftops to preserve the 10-feet wide wall's heritage look.
In keeping with the spirit of the notification, which was issued under Section-3 (4) of the Rajasthan Monuments, Archeological Sites and Antiquities Act, 1961, the Jaipur Municipal Corporation (then a municipal council) framed building by-laws banning all kinds of constructions within 15-feet of the wall and its seven gates.
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