Despite the High Court’s stay on a government order canceling the lease deed of Nurserymen Cooperative Society (NCS) inside Lalbagh Botanical Garden, members of the society on Saturday alleged that they were still denied entry to their premises. was.
“The HC had said that we can continue our operations inside Lalbagh and we have sent the order to all the concerned officers of the Horticulture Department. We have not received any reply from them. The gates of our society are still closed and we have not been able to water our plants inside,” N.K. Ramu Ravi, who is on the Board of Directors of NCS.
The NCS was given 29 guntas inside Lalbagh for their nursery.
When contacted, a department official said that there is no restriction on the movement of NCS members inside the nursery or watering the plants. Another source said the department will have to go through certain legal protocols before the HC order is implemented.