https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175347 A town planning statute and the governing scheme may impose a mandatory duty on the local authority to remove huts, sheds, stables and other structures that contravene the scheme. That duty extends to the whole area covered by the scheme, not merely to land vested in the corporation. Because the obligation is statutory and not discretionary, mandamus is an appropriate remedy to compel performance. The later enactment was treated as consistent with, and confirmatory of, this construction. Alleged conduct of the plot owners was not accepted as a sufficient basis to deny relief, although the operative direction was confined to structures offending the scheme. en-us Wed, 25 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 16:57:27 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175347 A town planning statute and the governing scheme may impose a mandatory duty on the local authority to remove huts, sheds, stables and other structures that contravene the scheme. That duty extends to the whole area covered by the scheme, not merely to land vested in the corporation. Because the obligation is statutory and not discretionary, mandamus is an appropriate remedy to compel performance. The later enactment was treated as consistent with, and confirmatory of, this construction. Alleged conduct of the plot owners was not accepted as a sufficient basis to deny relief, although the operative direction was confined to structures offending the scheme. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 25 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=175347