Businessman Samuel Chandool and his wife Chitralekha have been ordered to pay damages in the sum of $750,000 for constructing a building with a wall and concrete platform extensions which encroached on the land of resident Dian Balram, of Vreed-en-Hoop, West Bank Demerara.
In a ruling handed down by High Court Judge Priya Sewnarine-Beharry last Friday, she noted that no building permission was given to the defendants under the provisions of the Public Health Ordinance or otherwise to undertake the construction.
The Judge said that the construction, which encroaches within four feet of the boundary with Balram’s property, is in breach of the provisions of the Ordinance and its Regulations.