Archive · 20 May 2025
Ahmedabad AMC Faces Legal Dispute Over Lake Land Shops
The Ahmedabad city government, the AMC, is facing a legal problem.
Shops were built on what used to be a lake.
The shop owners want to pay a fee to make their shops bigger legally.
However, the government is not sure if it can collect the fee.
The area is labeled as a lake on one map but as government land on another.
Because of state laws, the government needs permission to collect fees on this type of land.
The AMC is unsure how to proceed because of the complex history of the land and buildings, which are causing problems for the shop owners and the government alike.
The city is trying to solve this, as it could change how similar land issues are handled in the future.
AMC is dealing with a legal issue over impact fees for shops built on Saijpur lake land.
Around 40 shops were built and sold by the Saijpur Bogha municipality on what was lake land around 1980.
Shopkeepers seek impact fees to legalize expansions, but land status is unclear.
The area is marked as a lake in the Town Planning scheme map but as government wasteland in revenue records.
AMC cannot collect fees without the collector's opinion due to state laws on government land.
- Who
- Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and shopkeepers on Saijpur lake land.
- What
- AMC faces a legal issue over impact fees for shops built on Saijpur lake land.
- When
- Around 1980, shops were built; in 2022, 142 waterbodies were identified.
- Where
- Saijpur lake land in Ahmedabad.
- Why
- To regularize illegal extensions on shops built on land designated as a lake.
AMC's Perspective
Shopkeepers' Perspective
Impact Fee Collection
AMC's Perspective
AMC's position: The AMC cannot collect impact fees on government land without the collector's opinion.
Shopkeepers' Perspective
Shopkeepers' Position: Shopkeepers seek impact fees to regularize illegal extensions on the shops.
- Saijpur Lake Area
- 49,355 sq m
- Shop Construction
- Around 1980
- Waterbodies identified in 2022
- 142
- Lake Location
- Final Plot No. 24 of TP Scheme No. 35/2