A division bench of Justices Rakesh Srivastava and Justice BR Singh took on record several media news reports relating to the incident in the Hazratganj area and asked the vice-chairman of the Lucknow Development Authority to provide details of the establishments running without proper building and fire permits in the city, laying stress on the need to know how many commercial establishments were operating without even a commercial map approval, details of cases in which permits should not have been issued but have been illegally obtained, steps being taken to curb this "menace", among other crucial details regarding land use and construction.
