According to a report in The Edge, residents of TTDI were granted leave by the KL High Court to pursue a judicial review against Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) and the KL mayor on Aug 23.
The judicial review requests an order from the court to quash the condition planning permission and development order granted by DBKL to property developer Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd.
The report quoted Alliff Benjamin Suhaimi, who is representing the TTDI residents, as saying the postponement was because High Court judge Azizah Nawawi had to rush off for an urgent meeting with the chief justice of Malaysia.
The stay order is being sought against Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP), DBKL and one of two longhouse residents’ associations.
However, The Edge reported, the three respondents were asking for leave from court to intervene in the action and for the stay hearing to be postponed.
Alliff Benjamin was quoted as saying: “The long and short of it is that everything is still pending, each party is now allowed to fully ventilate their positions. DBKL’s stand would be to settle the intervention first and then the stay application.
“But that is up to the judge. If the judge thinks he does not need to hear about the intervention, he can just proceed with the stay application.”
The proposed development involves the building of eight blocks of 42- and 52-storey high-end serviced apartments (1,766 units), and a 29-storey affordable housing block (350 units), thus increasing the population density in the area from 74 persons per acre to 979. It also involves the construction of a six- to eight-lane highway. A total of 2,116 units of homes will be built.