PTTUN Strengthens Jakarta Administrative Court Decision To Cancel Approval Of India Embassy Building Project

Construction of the Indian Embassy building in Jakarta. (ANTARA/HO-Personal Documentation)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta State Administrative High Court (PTTUN) upheld the decision of the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) on the cancellation of approval for the construction of the Indian Embassy (Kedubes) building.

This is based on the decision of the State Administrative High Court Number 455/B/2024/PT.TUN.JKT through the e-court reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 11.

In its ruling, PTTUN stated that it had received an appeal from the comparison and upheld the decision of the Jakarta Administrative Court Number 93/G/2024/PTUN.JKT dated August 29, 2024, which was requested for an appeal.

Then, the PTTUN sentenced the comparison to pay court fees at both court levels which for the appeal level was set at IDR 250 thousand.

Previously, the Jakarta Administrative Court in its decision on August 29, 2024, canceled the PBG of the Indian Embassy. However, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government then appealed to the PTTUN.

Citizen's attorney, David Tobing, said that based on the PTTUN's decision, the consequences of the Indian Embassy Building Agreement (PBG) must be repeated and started from the start by involving residents.

Therefore, he and the residents welcomed the decision which showed that the rule of law was still upright in Indonesia.

He revealed that the PTTUN decision was a final level decision as stipulated in the Supreme Court Law Article 45 A because it was the decision to cancel the decentralization decision which was excluded from being filed for cassation legal action.

"We and the residents ask the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of the Special Capital City Region (DKI) Jakarta to comply with the decision which states that the approval of the Indian Embassy building must be repeated and started from the start, of course by involving residents," said David in his statement.

The case began with a lawsuit by 24 residents against the construction of the Indian Embassy building which was filed at the East Jakarta District Court (PN Jaktim).

There are three parties being sued, namely PT Waskita Karya (Target I), the Indian Embassy (Target II), and PT Bita Enarcon Engineering (Target III) with a loss of IDR 3 trillion.

The three institutions were sued because they were considered to have committed acts against the law (PMH) because they built the Indian Embassy Office without an analysis of environmental impacts (AMDAL) and environmental permits.