[mpisg] housing
Arjun Camp cases against misuse of DMP low-income housing sites (including for Sahara Restaurant of DDA scam) and stock (including for DDA's own staff housing) and sub-standard resettlement / for DMP solution to slum problem, filed in 2002 on basis of prior engagements since 2000
Status: last heard on 20.01.2005; summaries of submissions have to be filed and the matter is listed for final disposal on 14.03.2005 > Text of Orders | Summary of submissions
See:
Note of 10.02.2004: On 10.02.2004 in the Arjun Camp cases – after three affidavits failed to answer the challenge to the policy of slum improvements or resettlement in context of misuse of land set aside for EWS housing under Delhi Master Plan – High Court has ordered personal appearance of officers for directions. These cases, based on city planning law and not pursuit of some favour, call for urgent discussion in view of ongoing slum interventions in the city...
NCMP-DMP Minder (housing/heritage) Slums are backlog on DMP housing for the poor, driven to protected or derelict space. NCMP references to social housing and renewal are in line with trends seeking to "open up" in DMP2021 this space, besides DMP space meant for the poor. But NCMP promise of no evictions and interpretations by President (of the verdict in terms of restoration of rule of law) and PM (of NCMP goals in terms of equity and efficiency) did lend NCMP to DMP convergent perspective on housing and heritage... but trendy choice in favour of "regularising" inequities and inefficiencies has been made...