| …company to sue for damage to property The stand-off between BM Soat Auto Sales and the Ministry of Public Works ended with the auto dealer who had invested more than $8M in property on the government reserve,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, watching the property destroyed by the government officials.The Ministry of Public Works officials descended on the property yesterday and commenced destroying the fence. Irate relatives and employees protested the move. When the demolition crew attempted to destroy the office building they sought to form a human barricade.Several armed and unarmed police ranks descended on the scene as there were threats of violence being hurled against the public works officials.Both parties were armed with Court Orders in their favour.At least one worker claimed that he was slapped by one man who protested the businessman’s property being destroyed. The victim was advised to lodge a report at the police station.BM Soat is owned by Bashair Mohamed and his son, Rameez Mohamed,NFL Jerseys China, the General Manager. The manager spearheaded the move to form a human barricade by standing next to the building under the section that was under threat by the Ministry workers.The Ministry claimed that the fence and office building were constructed on Government reserve while the Mohameds claim that it is transported property.Attorney-at-Law, Khemraj Ramjattan, who secured the order restricting the Ministry from destroying the property was on hand and sought to no avail to have the police or the ministry officials to respect that Order.But he had not served it in keeping with the procedure. The writ should have been served on the Chief Works Officer who was not on hand for the service.Among the police ranks that were on hand was the commander for the division Assistant Commissioner,Cheap Jerseys From China, Christopher Griffith, who was presented with the Court Order.Shortly after a bit of deliberation, the Mohameds were told that the Ministry’s Court Order stands and that the workers must be allowed to proceed to destroy the property at which point in time the demolition of that building began.Ramjattan told media operatives he did not understand how the Ministry officials could be allowed by the Police to proceed, saying that the Commander was in possession of the Conservatory Order secured by him for BM Soat.According to Ramjattan, he secured the legal document about 13:30 hrs which would have been shortly after the Ministry officials would have begun destroying the fence.This publication understands that the reason the officials were allowed to destroy the buildings was the fact that the Order had to be served to the Chief Works Officer.He was nowhere to be seen and instead another Ministry official was supervising the workers.Rameez Mohamed told media operatives that the Ministry officials turned up at the property at about noon yesterday and started breaking the fence.He said that they produced to the Ministry Officials a legal document which purportedly prevents the Ministry from destroying the fence but this did not dissuade them.Mohamed said that they will definitely be taking up the matter in the courts and will be filing for damages.“We have a transport…everything we did here is legal, we have a transport and it’s on the first plan.”He said that what the government did was to design a new plan for the area when the four-lane highway was approved.The new plan, according to Mohamed takes 14 feet away from their property and that of their neighbours.“If the Government wants 50 feet, all they have to do is create a new plan?”Having successfully destroyed half of the building which the Ministry insisted was on its reserve the workers headed to the eastern end of the property where they again destroyed another property.This property housed a delicatessen and was located on the eastern section of the property.Those operating that facility were seen frantically trying to rescue what they could including freezers, ice cream makers and an AC Unit among other items.Earlier this week when the Ministry attempted to execute the demolition exercise,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, the employees of BM Soat had placed several vehicles as obstacles.This time around this did not occur. Mohamed explained that the Ministry officials informed him that the order they have in their possession dictates that even if the vehicles would be damaged in the process they should go ahead.Yesterday’s melee snarled traffic for miles on either side of the road forcing the police to eventually divert traffic to the railway embankmentThe Public Works Ministry had previously issued statements to BM Soat informing the business that it had constructed a fence on 14 feet of Government reserve.The Ministry stated that the auto dealer would have to move the fence from the reserve since it was impeding the four-lane road expansion works being conducted there.The Public Works Ministry yesterday issued a statement seeking to clarify its position.That statement said that the Ministry awarded a $671.6M contract to Dipcon Engineering Ltd for the four-lane upgrade from Better Hope to Mahaica East Coast Demerara.Those works commenced in October 2011 and the proposed completion date was expected to be July 2012.The statement said that during construction the contractor ceased operation because of an illegal construction which inhibited works.“This illegal construction was on the government road reserve on the southern half of the Public Road at Success,jerseys from china, ECD.The Ministry said that Bashair Mohamed, owner of BM Soat Auto Sales at Success ECD, through his Attorneys-at-Law Kemraj Ramjattan and Neil Persram filed an application for Constitutional Redress and subsequently took the Ministry of Public Works to court preventing the upgrading of the road.The matter was heard by the Chief Justice (ag), Ian Chang, for a period of approximately one year.The Ministry was represented by Eusi Anderson Esq., Principal Legal Advisor from the Attorney General Chambers and the matter was concluded this August.According to the Ministry, Chang’s final judgment was handed down last week Friday and he deemed Mohamed’s claim “legally misconceived”.The Ministry has since adopted the position that there are no legal impediments stopping it from proceeding to demolish the illegal structure.This publication understands that the neighbouring structures found to be on the reserve will also be removed.On Friday last,Cheap Soccer Jerseys Free Shipping, when the injunction was thrown out of the court by Chang, the Public Works Ministry gave the auto dealership eight hours to remove the fence or have it removed by the Works Ministry.BM Soat did not comply. |
