WRIT PETITION 5944/2010 on 2 May 1961

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELID + W.P.(C) 5944/2010 and CM No. 7007/2013

RAMBIR SINGH ..... Petitioner Through Mr. Digvijay Rai, Advocate versus Through Mr. Digvijay Rai, Advocate versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

+ W.P.(C) 188/2011 and CM No. 3876/2012

SHIV DUTT ..... Petitioner Through Mr. Prasoon Kumar, Advocate versus Through Mr. Prasoon Kumar, Advocate versus GOVT OF NCT OF DLEHI & ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

+ W.P.(C) 3126/2011 and CM No. 3774/2012

RANllT SINGH ..... Petitioner Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

+ W.P.(C) 3647/2011 and CM No. 3715/2012

PREM SINGH ..... Petitioner

Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus versus GNCT OF DELHI AND ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD 594412010 and connected matters and connected matters page I of6

WP.(C) 594412010 and connected matters and connected matters +

W.P.(C) 4153/2011 and CM No. 3770/2012

ANAND PAL ..... Petitioner

Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI ANR. . .... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

+ W.P.(C) 4744/2011 and CM No. 4345/2012

OM PRAKASH ..... Petitioner Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. . .... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

+ W.P.(C) 7196/2011 and CM Nos. 4349-4350/2012

SUBHASH CHAND ..... Petitioner Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus GOVT.' OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. San jay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. San jay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

+ W.P.(C) 3583/2011 and CM No. 3764/2012

OM PAL ..... Petitioner Through Mr. N. S. Dalal, Advocate versus Through Mr. N. S. Dalal, Advocate versus GNCT OF DELHI AND ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD 594412010 and connected matters and connected matters page 2 of6

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W.P.(C) 6024/2011 and CM No. 3766/2012

BEG RAJ ..... Petitioner

Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus

GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

W.P.(C) 6074/2011 and CM No. 19655/2012

ISHW AR SINGH ..... Petitioner Thro:ugh Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

W.P.(C) 6128/2011 and CM No. 19654/2012

llTOKAUR ..... Petitioner Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus W.P.(C) 6147/2011 and CM No. 20084/2012

WP. (C) 594412010 and connected matters

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W.P.(C) 6175/2011 and CM No. 3768/2012

BHAGWANT SINGH Through

..... Petitioner

Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate

versus

GOVT. NCT & ANR

..... Respondents

Through

Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V.K. JAIN ORDER % 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 1 00 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. W.P. (C) 594412010 and connected matters page 5 of6

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Having heard the learned counsel for the parties and considered allflte facts and circumstances including, the huge backlog of the applications 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 be 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. 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 m 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 Government 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

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