"Babudom" Symbolic Of Colonial Mindset: Court On Plea Pending For 35 Years
NDTV
The high court's strong observations came while dealing with the plea of a farmer whose application for allotment of an alternative land parcel has been pending with the Delhi Development Authority for the last 35 years.
The "babudom" of bureaucracy is symbolic of the colonial mindset and a major obstacle to attaining the goal of becoming a developed nation, the Delhi High Court has observed, underlining it is high time such mentality is shunned for good and citizens are liberated from "carcinogenic tendencies".
The high court's strong observations came while dealing with the plea of a farmer whose application for allotment of an alternative land parcel has been pending with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for the last 35 years.
The court said it was disturbing that such an approach adopted by the officers concerned and their failure to discharge their duty has led to the filing of a plethora of petitions before the high courts across the country, thereby adding to the pendency and backlog of cases and burdening the judiciary.
"Today, India is celebrating the Amrit Kaal of 75 years of its Independence, and marching ahead shunning the shackles of servitude, and with fresh vigour and greater conviction to become a developed nation. The Babudom of the bureaucracy is symbolic of the colonial mindset, and a major obstacle to attainment of this goal.
