NEW DELHI: In a move that echoes concerns voiced by the city's resident welfare associations, the Supreme Court restrained the Centre, Delhi executive and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday from amending the Delhi Master Plan 2021 to offer reduction to traders from the ongoing sealing pressure.
The upshot of the SC move is that the sealing pressure in opposition to wearing on with industry operations from residential premises in violation of law will proceed, because the apex court expressed its deep annoyance over DDA, the civic our bodies and the Delhi executive now not "bothering" to record replies to queries raised by the court.
"What are you doing? You are telling the Supreme Court that you can do whatever you want to do. It is not acceptable. It is contempt of court and we can ask your vice-chairman to appear before us for not complying with our order. This 'dadagiri' has to stop," the bench informed DDA's legal professional.
The court had requested for responses on the adversarial affect of amendment of the Master Plan and a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta slammed the government for now not complying with its order and mentioned it amounts to contempt of court. It mentioned any proposed amendment may not be enforced without the court's approval.
The bench had sought on February 9 an explanation from DDA, along side the Delhi executive and the civic companies, on whether right kind analysis or learn about was carried out on the affect of the proposed amendments on the environment and the present infrastructure of the capital. It had requested the government to reply on nine issues, together with pollution, visitors congestion, environment, fire protection and inhabitants.
The ministry of housing and concrete affairs had held detailed consultations that aimed at converting ground space ratio norms to provide reduction from sealing and also incorporate measures to curb the operation of pubs, restaurants and golf equipment in "mixed-use" areas. But with the government involved failing to record response, the SC directed them to position the amendment of the Master Plan on hang.
The bench had previous termed DDA as "Delhi Destruction Authority" for destroying the city by allowing rampant unauthorised building without a basic amenities and had requested it not to "succumb to pressure" to regularise illegal constructions by amending the Master Plan in haste without keeping consultations with stake-holders.
The sealing pressure was revived in January for unauthorised structures after the SC allowed the court-appointed monitoring committee to spot and seal illegal premises as executive government had failed to test construction of such illegal constructions.
The apex court had ordered in March 2006 to seal all unauthorised structures in the town and appointed a monitoring committee which was given the task to habits and monitor the sealing pressure.
The sealing pressure went on till January 2012 when the court requested the committee not to continue further as the government has introduced in force the 2021 Master Plan for regularising one of the vital illegal constructions.
The upshot of the SC move is that the sealing pressure in opposition to wearing on with industry operations from residential premises in violation of law will proceed, because the apex court expressed its deep annoyance over DDA, the civic our bodies and the Delhi executive now not "bothering" to record replies to queries raised by the court.
"What are you doing? You are telling the Supreme Court that you can do whatever you want to do. It is not acceptable. It is contempt of court and we can ask your vice-chairman to appear before us for not complying with our order. This 'dadagiri' has to stop," the bench informed DDA's legal professional.
The court had requested for responses on the adversarial affect of amendment of the Master Plan and a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta slammed the government for now not complying with its order and mentioned it amounts to contempt of court. It mentioned any proposed amendment may not be enforced without the court's approval.
The bench had sought on February 9 an explanation from DDA, along side the Delhi executive and the civic companies, on whether right kind analysis or learn about was carried out on the affect of the proposed amendments on the environment and the present infrastructure of the capital. It had requested the government to reply on nine issues, together with pollution, visitors congestion, environment, fire protection and inhabitants.
The ministry of housing and concrete affairs had held detailed consultations that aimed at converting ground space ratio norms to provide reduction from sealing and also incorporate measures to curb the operation of pubs, restaurants and golf equipment in "mixed-use" areas. But with the government involved failing to record response, the SC directed them to position the amendment of the Master Plan on hang.
The bench had previous termed DDA as "Delhi Destruction Authority" for destroying the city by allowing rampant unauthorised building without a basic amenities and had requested it not to "succumb to pressure" to regularise illegal constructions by amending the Master Plan in haste without keeping consultations with stake-holders.
The sealing pressure was revived in January for unauthorised structures after the SC allowed the court-appointed monitoring committee to spot and seal illegal premises as executive government had failed to test construction of such illegal constructions.
The apex court had ordered in March 2006 to seal all unauthorised structures in the town and appointed a monitoring committee which was given the task to habits and monitor the sealing pressure.
The sealing pressure went on till January 2012 when the court requested the committee not to continue further as the government has introduced in force the 2021 Master Plan for regularising one of the vital illegal constructions.
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