The Hindu 23.08.2012
High Court notice to Centre, Delhi Govt., DDA over regularisation of illegal colonies
Petitioner wants Delhi not to go ahead with plan to regularise 917 colonies
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought replies from
the Union Government, the Delhi Government and the Delhi Development
Authority on an application seeking a direction to the city government
not to go ahead with the reported plan to regularise as many as 917
unauthorised colonies in the Capital.
Issuing the
notices, a Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice A. K. Sikri
and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw asked the respondents to file replies to
the petition by September 6, the next date of hearing.
Submitting
that the Delhi Government could not regularise these colonies as the
petitions challenging their regularisation were still pending before the
Court, the applicant stated that the Delhi Government was acting
mala fide
and pursuing electoral agenda to appease the public in abject
disobedience and disregard of the Constitutional provisions cited by the
petitioners and
prima facie
view taken on this by the Court.
In case the
Government succeeded in its plan to illegally regularise these colonies,
not only would this perpetuate illegality but would also render the
petitions largely futile and infructuous and frustrate the endeavour of
the public spirited petitioners, the application said.
The
applicant urged the Court to restrain the respondents from making any
declaration and pass any order to give any direction regarding
regularisation of these unauthorised colonies in any manner and by any
means during the pendency of the petitions.
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