Navsari, December 31: A notice has been issued to the authorities at spiritual guru Asaram Bapu’s ashram in Khergam village here ordering them to vacate over 17,000 sq mt of land that had been allegedly encroached by them, district officials said today.
Chikli taluk Mamlatdar Alpesh Bhatt while issuing notice yesterday has asked the ashram authorities to vacate the land within three days, and if there in non compliance, further action would be taken, they said.
According to district officials, the Asaram was given permission for construction on a 10 acre plot, but they also encroached some land from the near-by plots and did construction there.
Earlier this month, the Ahmedabad district collector had served notice to Asaram Bapu to vacate over 67,000 sq mt land allegedly encroached by him while building an ashram in the Motera area.
–Agencies