Delhi govt in legal fix over notifying roads
... is unable to figure out under which Act it should
formally notify 1,979 streets ...
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1988741.cms
| obviously! it must wait until:
| USAID-sponsored MCD Bill becomes Act
| TKC reco of DD Act repeal are implemented
| Ashok Pradhan reco of DDA to Del Govt is implemented
| the notification cant be implemented lawfully
| without some other amendments to MPD-2001
item about the SC PIL
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1988736.cms
--- Gita Dewan Verma <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> | committee v/s committee :)
>
>
> Pioneer:
> Govt changes to Master Plan sought to be quashed
>
> Staff Reporter | New Delhi
>
> On Wednesday former Chief Secretary of Delhi, Omesh
> Saigal approached the Delhi High Court seeking the
> quashing of the September 7 Government notification
> amending the Master Plan 2001 claiming that it had
> been drafted without considering the ramifications
> it
> would have on the civic infrastructure of the city.
>
> Coming up for hearing before the Division Bench of
> Acting Chief Justice Vijender Jain and Justice
> Kailash
> Gambhir, the petitioner contended that the
> Government
> notification of September 7 bypassed the sealing and
> demolition orders upheld on various occasions by the
> Delhi High Court and it would affect the quality of
> life in the Capital. Also, the proposal of the
> National Planning Board to regulate migration to the
> Capital by developing the surrounding areas would
> take
> a backseat, he reiterated.
>
> Though the petitioner pleaded for an interim stay
> and
> quashing of the notification, the Government counsel
> brought to the notice of the court that in view of a
> similar petition filed in the Supreme Court, he
> would
> need time to seek a clarification. Meanwhile, the
> Bench posted the matter for further hearing till
> September 15.
>
> Meanwhile, in the Supreme Court another petition was
> filed by Delhi Pradesh Citizen Council challenging
> the
> two Government notifications of July 21 and
> September
> 7, 2006, legalising all commercial activities in the
> residential areas of Delhi in its bid to give relief
> to traders who were facing the prospect of sealing
> of
> their commercial premises in Delhi. The petitioner
> has
> contended that by notifying 1979 roads in the city
> for
> permitting mixed land use, the Government has made
> yet
> another attempt to nullify the orders of the Supreme
> Court by legalising all illegal commercial
> activities
> being carried out by law breakers in the Capital.
>
> The petition has sought directions to declare the
> impugned notification dated July 21, 2006 and
> September 9, 2006 issued by DDA and Union Urban
> Development Ministry respectively as illegal and
> ultra
> vires of the Constitution. The petitioner has made
> the
> Centre, Union Urban Development Ministry, MCD, NDMC,
> DDA and the
>
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