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He does not wear a shirt, does not drink tea, and eats his lunch and dinner standing up. He wears a cap with his educational degree and slogan painted on it. Ashwin Dashrath Naik – a 59-year-old from Amantran Park on New C G Road – did all of this to draw the attention of authorities to the “unfairness” of taking away 40 per cent of his land under a town planning scheme. However, when all these gimmicks failed, Naik announced that he will donate his land for the construction of a mosque. Naik, who works as a superintending engineer with The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) at Bombay High, owns land in different parts of Chandkheda village.This includes one and a half bhiga plot close to Bhagwad Saptah. When Chandkheda was under the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), he was served a notice intimating him that he had to give up part of his land under a town planning scheme. “The authorities asked me to give up 40 per cent of my land and I was shocked. There are huge trees on my farm which will fall to the axe if I agree to this. I learnt that the authorities wanted 40 per cent of my plot. Surprisingly, they wanted 30 per cent or less of the land inof the area,” Naik told Mirror.“I was so enraged by this unfairness that I put a notice in my field stating that I was donating this land to build a mosque. Since I had given an application to this effect to the state government, DGP, police commissioner and Chandkheda police along with others, the local police came and removed the board. I was taken to the police station, booked under Section 153A in the Indian Penal Code (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion) and later released on bail,” he said.“If they cannot do justice by me as a citizen of India I have the right to give my land for religious purpose. I can give it to build temple or mosque,” he said. “I went to the AUDA office and represented my case. A female officer asked me not to argue with her. When I asked her what will farmers do if their farming land was taken away, she told me not to worry about others,” said Naik.“I have sent my complaint to the President and the Prime Minister’s Office.of the President sent a letter to the chief secretary. It is only after this intervention that the urban development department directed the municipal commissioner to look into the matter. However, the order was issued on July 5. Since then, nothing has been done,” said Naik. AUDA Chairman Bhupendra Patel said, “I do not know of such a plea. However, I will definitely look into the issue and take whatever legal steps are necessary to sort out the matter.”