(1.) "I will not stop cutting down trees. Though there is life in them. I will not stop plucking out leaves. Though they make nature beautiful. I will not stop hacking off branches. Though they are the arms of a trees. Because- I need a but. "
(2.) But in the present case though the petitioner have not cut the branches of the trees but they obviously need a "hut" and in order to fulfil their need they raised construction on the basis of "deemed sanction' of maps by the Municipal Council whereas the case of Municipal Council is that "the maps should not he deemed to have been sanctioned and construction raised by the petitioner was unauthorised and deserves to be demolished.
(3.) The factual matrix of the case may be summarised thus :