NEW DELHI: As public land is being more and more encroached by squatters in Delhi, making it tough for the authorities to get it vacated as juggis come up in a brief span of time, the Supreme Court docket on Monday instructed the Centre to place vacant public land below surveillance of CCTV cameras and take quick motion in case of any encroachment.
Whereas listening to a plea of slum-dwellers in Sarojini Nagar in South Delhi, who approached the court docket towards the demolition discover issued to them, a bench of Justices Okay M Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy stated land could be very precious in Delhi and the federal government businesses ought to defend it and never permit any king of encroachment.
The bench requested Further Solicitor Basic Okay M Nataraj to contemplate monitoring of such vacant land via CCTV digicam which must be put in there. The bench stated putting in cameras would allow the authorities to detect the encroachment on the very second when somebody attempt to settle there.
The bench additionally stated that officers who didn't take any well timed motion towards encroachment must be made liable and be taken to activity for not performing their responsibility. It stated that punitive motion must be taken towards such erring authorities officers.
The court docket after a quick listening to prolonged the keep on the demolition of jhuggis and stated the endeavor given by the Centre concerning no coercive steps will proceed until the subsequent date of listening to. The court docket additionally agreed with the suggestion of the Centre which agreed to nominate a nodal officer who will study paperwork of residents to learn how many live there and since when.
The ASG stated officers would study their paperwork and in addition perform subject verification to learn how a lot of them fulfil the standards and are eligible for rehabilitation as per its coverage. The bench, which had on the final listening to held that the federal government ought to cope with folks dwelling in juggis humanely.
Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, showing for the petitioners, contended that there are 172 households dwelling within the jhuggis and greater than 1,000 folks would develop into homeless if their houses are demolished with out rehabilitating them.