Om Prakash v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Anr

ORDER 0/o

31.07.2013 The petitioners in these writ petitions are aggrieved from the "abnormal delay in consideration of their applications for allotment of alternative plots under the scheme framed by the Government of India vide its letter dated 2nd May, 1961 for allotment of alternative plots to those whose agricultural land was acquired for planned development of Delhi. Vide order dated 19th December, 2011 passed in W.P.(C) No. 6074/2011 and connected matters, this Court directed the respondents to expedite the whole process and dispose of at least 100 applications in a fortnight which comes to 200 applications in a month. Vide order dated 12th April, 2013 passed by this Court, it was directed that the Committee constituted to make recommendations for allotment of alternative plots would meet at least for half a day on every alternate working day and the cause list for the said Committee would have at least 25 matters. CM No. 7007/2013 has been filed in W.P. (C) No. 5944/2010 by the Government of India seeking modification of the aforesaid order. page 5 of6 ''- /-.::::._.., ,_ li Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and considered facts and circumstances including, the huge backlog of the applicationY seeking allotment of alternative plots, it is directed that the Committee constituted to consider the applications for allotment of alternative plots will consider at least 250 applications in a month though the effort of the Committee shall to consider as many applications as may be possible so as to liquidate the pendency at the earliest possible. It is also directed that the number of Officers/officials engaged exclusively in scrutinizing applications for allotment of alternative plots shall not be reduced by the Government, so long as the pendency does not come to a comfortable level or say 1000 applications. It is made clear that this order will not come in the way for Government transferring these Officers/officials so long as they are replaced by other Officers/officials. The writ petitions stand disposed of in terms of aforesaid directions. It is also directed that a compliance report giving the number of applications considered by the said Committee in a month shall be filed by the Goveillffi;{mt by way of an affidavit of the concerned Officer by the 15th of each succeeding month. It is also made clear that any disobedience of these directions will render the Officer(s) concerned liable to action for disobeying the order of the Court. Copy of this order be given dasti under signatures of Court Master. JULY 31, 2013/sd page 6 of6

'- :11-15-31 ;; C:/l * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELID AT NEW DELID + W.P.(C) 5944/2010 and CM No. 7007/2013 RAMBIR SINGH Mr. Digvijay Rai, Advocate GOVT OF NCT OF DELID & ORS + W.P.(C) 188/2011 and CM No. 3876/2012 SIDV DUTT Mr. Prasoon Kumar, Advocate GOVT OF NCT OF DLEHI & ANR + W.P.(C) 3126/2011 and CM No. 3774/2012 + RANllT SINGH GOVT OF NCT OF DELID & ANR W.P.(C) 3647/2011 and CM No. 3715/2012 PREMSINGH GNCT OF DELID AND ANR W.P. (C) 5944/2010 and connected matters page I of 6 Signed By:RAM DATT Certify that the digital and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. "-' + bf W.P.(C) 4153/2011 and CM No. 3770/2012 ANAND PAL ..... Petitioner ( GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELID ANR. . .... Respondents + W.P.(C) 4744/2011 and CM No. 4345/2012 OM PRAKASH GOVT. OF NCT OF DELID AND ANR. . .... Respondents + W.P.(C) 7196/2011 and CM Nos. 4349-4350/2012 SUBHASH CHAND GOVT. OF NCT OF DELID AND ANR + W.P.(C) 3583/2011 and CM No. 3764/2012 OM PAL GNCT OF DELID AND ANR WP. (C) 5944/2010 and connected matters '-- + W.P.(C) 4136/2011 and CM No. 3772/2012 SULTAN SINGH ..... Petitioner GJ-- / GOVERNMENT Of NCT OF DELHI & ANR + W.P.(C) 5352/2011 and CM No. 4035/2012 OM PAL GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR + W.P.(C) 6022/2011 and CM No. 3717/2012 + PREMRAJ GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR W.P.(C) 6023/2011 and CM No. 3710/2012 GIRl RAJ GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR page 3 of6 ·- + W.P.(C) 6024/2011 and CM No. 3766/2012 .J BEG RAJ GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR + W.P.(C) 6074/2011 and CM No. 19655/2012 ISHW AR SINGH · GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR + W.P.(C) 6128/2011 and CM No.19654/2012 + llTOKAUR GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR W.P.(C) 6147/2011 and CM No. 20084/2012 KASHMIR SINGH GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR page 4of6 ',_ ,_ + W.P.(C) 6175/2011 and CM No. 3768/2012 BHAGWANT SINGH GOVT. NCT & ANR CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K. JAIN