LAHORE-The LDA has finalised all arrangements to completely demolish 45 high- rise buildings and partially demolish 150 constructed against the building by-laws in the City, The Nation learnt here on Thursday. The demolition plan will be a part of  LDA's on-going massive crackdown against illegal constructions, encroachments and land grabber mafia. There are about 400 to 500 high-rise buildings constructed in sheer violation of building by-laws. So far around 417 have been identified and examined by authority concerned. The action against the illegal construction on LDA housing schemes, illegal plazas and encroachments was decided after PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif had taken powers as Chief Minister of Punjab. The sources close to the development disclosed that the authority concerned was all set to take action against high-rising buildings. The Supreme Court which had banned the construction of illegal high-rising buildings in 2007 was likely to make final verdict in this regard, sources added. As soon as the decision came, action plan would be put into force , the sources revealed They said that final lists regarding illegal high-rising buildings had already been submitted to apex court. According to list provided to SC, 45 illegal high rising buildings including 15 at Model Town Link Road, 5 at Gulberg, 6 at PIA Housing Society, 2 at Johar Town, 4 at Shah Alam, 3 at Peco Road controlled area and 2 situated at Allama Iqbal Town are demolishable. The famous among them are Al-Hafeez Plazas, China Market, Akram Complex, Telenor office, Tariq Complex, Booni Mall, Zainab Tower, New Liberty Tower, Al-Rehman Medical Complex, Khan Arcade, Khan Shopping Centre and Raabi Center Those 150 illegal high rising plazas which are to be partially demolished at Gulberg include Hemain Tower, Hassan Town, Ijaz Center, Makkah Tower, Jeff Heights, Mega Tower, Ashrafi Height, Rehman Tower, Zarina Tower, Lak Hotel, Hotel Building, Variety Book Shop, Leads Centre, Askari Bank, S.S house, and the famous Siddique Trade Centre. Others illegal high rising plazas include 75 at Gulshan-i-Ravi Scheme, 30 at Johar Town, 12 in PIA Housing Society, 3 each at Samag Berg, Garden Town, Samanabad and one each in Faisal Town, New Garden Town and LDA controlled area.   LDA DG Irfan Ali when inquired on the issue told The Nation that authority was committed to start massive crackdown against illegal high-rising building. He said that orders of SC were being awaited to materialise action plan. 'Once they are with us, we will take the required steps. If the SC asks for demolition of illegal structures, we will have no qualms in taking that recourse', he added. A three-member commission formed by SC, consisting of Justice (Retd) Riaz Kiyani, architect Kamal Khan Mumtaz and University of Engineering and Technology Vice Chancellor's nominee Tahir Ahmad surveyed all the high-rise buildings in Lahore and submitted its recommendation to authority concerned. The SC Bench, consisting of Mr Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokhar,Mr Justice Muhammad Akhtar Shabbir and Mr Justice Syed Sakhi Hussain Bukhari have been hearing the case against the high-rise buildings. The Commission had already got demolished several buildings, including nine-storey Masood Hospital and five-storey Ahsan Tower, under the court order though the building owners had requested the commission to settle the matter by imposing penalties instead of demolishing buildings. On July 30, 2007, the SC bench had issued notices to the owners of 13 plazas in the City that were constructed in violation of building by-laws according to the report of a commission appointed by the court. The court had issued notices to the owners of Salaar Centre, Garden Town; Ahad Plaza, Garden Town; Garden Block, Garden Town; Garden Towers, Garden Town; Commercial Plaza, Cooper Road; Alamgir Tower, Gulberg; Software Technology Park, Ferozepur Road; Big City, Gulberg; Raja Sahib, Gulberg; Liberty Gate, Gulberg; Al-Hafeez Shopping Mall, Gulberg; China Centre, Ferozepur Road; and Gold Mine, Ferozepur Road. The sources revealed that the Punjab Multi-Storey Buildings Act had already been drafted, however it could not be tabled for approval while act regarding Modern Buildings and Zoning by-laws for tower/municipality in the Punjab had also been drafted,the sources said ,adding, that the govt had created three posts in every district of the province to control irregularities in buildings construction. These posts comprised Executive District Officer (Building Control), District Officer (Building Control) and District Officer (Enforcement). Over all 186 new posts have been created for the implementation of building laws in the province,  the sources added. It is pertinent to mention that the construction of high-rise buildings began in the City again, as the Supreme Court (SC) bench dealing with the case ceased to exist after the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) was promulgated on November 3. Main Market Township, Maulana Shaukat Ali Road, Model Town Link Road, Ferozepur Road, Multan Road, Jail Road and others were on the top in this regard The scandal of construction of illegal high-rising buildings made the headlines when Margala Tower in Islamabad and muti-storied plaza in Shah Aalmi area caved in. Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry taking suo moto action formed SC Bench led by the then Justice Khalil Ramday who on May 11, 2007 stopped the construction of all multi-storey buildings (more than three storeys) in Lahore while hearing a petition against the construction of Boulevard Heights on Main Boulevard, Gulberg. District Nazim Mian Amer Mahmood had also banned high-rise buildings and directed LDA officials for carrying out an immediate survey of plazas and multi-storey structures that had been raised in violation of building by-laws in the locality. It is learnt that owner of high-rising buildings had argued in Supreme Court that the court had no powers to form such a Commission.