Authorities Can't Keep People In "Limbo": Court On Unauthorised Colonies
NDTV
It was hearing pleas by some residents of Sainik Farms seeking permission for undertaking repairs.
Authorities cannot keep people living in unauthorised colonies, which came up "right under your nose", in "limbo" and should decide on their regularisation as huge money was spent on constructing them, the Delhi High Court said on Friday.
It was hearing pleas by some residents of Sainik Farms seeking permission for undertaking repairs.
The high court said be it affluent or non-affluent, unauthorised colonies are ultimately unauthorised, and it is for the government and not courts to decide whether to regularise them or not.
"You have to take a decision whether to regularise these unauthorised colonies or not. You are keeping enough number of house owners in limbo. You should take a decision. They spend huge amount of money in construction. These colonies did not come overnight. They came right under your nose," a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad said.
