WRIT PETITION 5944/2010 on 2 May 1961

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:11-15-31 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELID AT NEW DELID + W.P.(C) 5944/2010 and CM No. 7007/2013 RAMBIR SINGH ..... Petitioner ;; C:/l Through Mr. Digvijay Rai, Advocate versus versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELID & 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

SIDV 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 DELID & 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

PREMSINGH ..... Petitioner

Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate versus versus GNCT OF DELID 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 5944/2010 and connected matters page I of 6

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

ANAND PAL ..... Petitioner (

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

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

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

GNCT OF DELID AND ANR ..... Respondents Through Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Adv. for GNCTD WP. (C) 5944/2010 and connected matters page 2 of 6

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W.P.(C) 4136/2011 and CM No. 3772/2012

SULTAN SINGH

Through Mr. N.S. Dalal, Advocate

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) 5352/2011 and CM No. 4035/2012

OM PAL ..... 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) 6022/2011 and CM No. 3717/2012

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

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W.P.(C) 6023/2011 and CM No. 3710/2012

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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

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

ISHW AR SINGH ..... 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

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

..... Petitioner

llTOKAUR

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

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W.P.(C) 6147/2011 and CM No. 20084/2012

KASHMIR SINGH ..... 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

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

BHAGWANT SINGH ..... Petitioner Through 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

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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. W.P.(C) 5944/2010 and connected matters page 5 of6

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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. 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.

Conclusion

JULY 31, 2013/sd

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