Delhi LG recollects all information pending for over a month at house ministry below Manish Sisodia

Invoking his powers below Rule 19(5) of the Transaction of Business of the GNCTD Rules (ToBR), 1993, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has ordered to recall from the Home Department all such information which are pending for greater than a month on the degree of the Minister (Home), i.e. Manish Sisodia, an official assertion from LG Office stated on Sunday.

The stated Rule 19(5) of the ToBR, empowers the LG to recall information pending inordinately with Ministers / CM, in public curiosity. This rule forces the Government to ship information to the LG, regardless of whether or not they authorized it or not, it stated. Accusing the Delhi authorities led by Arvind Kejriwal, the Governor stated that these information have been pending for years collectively on account of “inaction” on a part of the AAP Government.

“These files have been inexplicably pending for years together due to inaction on part of the AAP Government although all statutory requisite formalities, procedures, and permissions have been put in place, with regard to the removal of unauthorized religious structures erected by land grabbers after 2009, when the Supreme Court barred any further occupation by such structures and ordered for their removal,” the LG workplace stated in an announcement.

A physique viz “Religious Committee” was fashioned in 2014 in pursuance of the SC judgment, to contemplate and advocate the elimination of such unauthorized non secular constructions upon receipt of the request by the involved land-owning company.

The Committee is headed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act (GNCTD) Home Secretary and contains senior representatives from the Delhi Police and the land-owning businesses in Delhi.

“Despite the recommendations of the Religious Committee, to remove “unauthorized religious structures” which have held up a number of key developmental infrastructure tasks in Delhi, the Home Department of the Delhi Government headed by Manish Sisodia has stored 78 such proposals from varied businesses pending since May 2022, prompting Lt. Governor, VK Saxena to recall these information,” the LG workplace stated.

It additional stated that the proposals for the elimination of unauthorized non secular constructions pertain to the development of the Delhi – Saharanpur Expressway, authorities residential flats below General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) at 0 places pending since 2018, and the decongestion of 77 corridors.

“Decongestion of the 77 corridors, which is pending for almost 5 years since 2017 due to the inaction of the Delhi Government, is extremely critical for smooth traffic flow and mitigation of air pollution in the Capital. At the same time, the Delhi – Saharanpur Expressway, which is a part of the Delhi – Dehradun Expressway, is a time-bound project being monitored at the PMO level and has been pending since 2018,” it said within the assertion.

On December 16 in 2022, the Home Department even wrote to Manish Sisodia requesting him to approve and ahead these circumstances to the LG, however the information are nonetheless pending, the LG claimed.

As per the observe of the Home Department submitted to the LG, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had submitted a proposal for the elimination of 53 unauthorized non secular constructions for the development of the federal government residential flats below GPRA.

Out of this, the non secular committee advisable the elimination of 51 such constructions. Similarly, the non secular committee had acquired proposals for the elimination of 20 unauthorized non secular constructions on the 77 corridors, out of which 15 had been advisable for elimination. Also, the non secular committee advisable the elimination of 09 out of the 23 unauthorized non secular constructions that had been creating hurdles within the building of the six-lane access-controlled Delhi – Saharanpur Expressway.

“Various other proposals have been recommended by the Religious Committee. These files have been submitted to the Hon’ble Minister (Home), GNCT of Delhi for further approval of the Hon’ble Lt. Governor, Delhi…Hon’ble Minister (Home) has been requested on December 16 2022, to forward the cases to Hon’ble LG for approval of the recommendations of the Religious Committee. However, the cases are still pending,” the Home Department observe learn. 

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