Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Lok Sabha
Unstarred Question No. 7835
To be Answered on 16.05.2000
Slum Dwellers.
Question
No. 7835 Shri Kirit Somaiya
Will the Minister of Urban Development
be pleased to state :
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Whether the Government have gone
for an appeal against the lower court's decision
to evacuate 25,000 slum dwellers on CPWC land, Nityanand
Nagar, Ghatkopar, Mumbai;
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Whether it is true that all of them
are residing over there for more than 40 years;
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Whether the local resident's association
and people representatives had submitted their representation
to stop this evacuation;
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Whether the Government have given
assurance that proper measures would be taken to
safeguard the interest of these 25,000 slum dwellers;
and
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If so, the action taken by the Government
in this regard
Answer
Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban
Development (Shri Bandaru Dattatreya)
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No, Sir. the land in question had
been requisitioned by the Government for defence
purposes of which two plots stand derequisitioned.
The possession could not be handed over due to encroachment
by slum dwellers. The Govt. had gone in appeal against
the orders of the Hon. High Court of Maharashtra,
on the petition filed by legal successor of one
of the owners of land (566 sq. yds) in Civil Writ
Petition No. 2445 of 1998.
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No inventory of this kind is being
maintained by CPWD.
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Representations from the peoples
Representatives have been received.
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The matter was taken up with the
Government of Maharashtra to acquire that land under
Slum Area Redevelopment Act 1971. However, in compliance
with the orders of the High Court, the Govt. has
also issued notices to the squatters for eviction
under PPB Act.
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The matter is subjudice
