PUTRAJAYA (Jan 27): The Court of Appeal today allowed an appeal brought by the residents association of Taman Tun Dr Ismail against the government’s plan to develop the Taman Rimba Kiara (TRK).
Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mary Lim Thiam Suan deemed the High Court's dismissal of their judicial review to challenge the approval for the development at TRK an appealable error which calls for the intervention of the appellate court.
“This is an appealable error that warrants and appellate intervention,” she said.
In doing so, she set aside the High Court’s decision on Nov 28, 2018 which dismissed the residents’ bid to stop the proposed mixed development project in Taman Rimba Kiara.
The other members of the three-judge bench are Datuk Has Zanah Mehat and S Nantha Balan.
In 2014, Yayasan Wilayah Persekutuan (YWP) entered into a joint venture with Memang Perkasa Sdn Bhd, a subsidiary of Malton Bhd to develop a 25-acre site at TRK. TTDI residents had protested against the proposed eight blocks of high-end serviced apartments and one block of affordable housing apartments which had gained conditional planning permission and development order by DBKL.
Following protests by TTDI residents, the then federal territories minister Khalid Samad had proposed a scaled-down development plan to
four blocks of serviced apartments and 204 affordable housing units.
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