In the petition, the shop owners alleged that on February 26, 2007, their shops in INA market had been demolished by civic agencies citing a Division Bench order without serving them any prior notice.
Observing that 20 years after their migration to Delhi due to insurgency in Kashmir valley, very little has been done for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, the Delhi High Court has come to the rescue of 21 such migrants whose shops were demolished for being illegal construction without serving them notice in 2007.
Justice S Muralidhar, in an interim order, has directed the ministry of home affairs and Urban development ministry to convene a meeting of senior officers of MCD, NDMC, CPWD, DDA and L&DO for a solution to rehabilitate these shopowners.
"The problem faced by Kashmiri migrants as depicted in the petition is indeed a serious one. Several thousands of them have been uprooted for nearly 20 years now and very little in actual terms has been done for their rehabilitation," said justice Muralidhar.
Directing to furnish the minutes of the meeting by February 24, the court said, "It would be the responsibility of the agencies to identify a suitable place where these 21 Kashmiri migrants will be permitted to have their shops/ stall and resume their livelihood".
In the petition, the shopowners alleged that on February 26, 2007, their shops in INA market had been demolished by civic agencies citing a Division Bench order without serving them any prior notice.
Contending that an order of the Monitoring Committee, set up by the Court to monitor the demolition drive in the city, which protected them was not furnished by the agencies before the Division Bench, NDMC,DDA and MCD had cited illegal construction and demolished their stalls.
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