Re: [mpisgmedia] Arjun Camp cases (Won!)

CONGRATULATIONS.HUB
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From: "Gita Dewan Verma" <mpisgplanner@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mpisgmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 10:56 PM
Subject: [mpisgmedia] Arjun Camp cases (Won!)


> Anupam told me landmark judgment was pronounced today
> in the Arjun Camp cases.
>
> These humble ones were for housing for all petitioners
> according to MPD-2001 instead of re-housing for some
> of them in violation of it. They were filed in July
> 2002 and finally argued starting July 2005. The
> judgment, reserved at last hearing on 9 Dec 05, was
> pronounced today.
>
> The petitioners, evicted in the course of the
> petitions, have to be housed within the Vasant Kunj
> scheme as per MPD-2001 entitlements. The scheme has to
> prepared by DDA (as specifically sought, we do not
> subscribe to peepul-planning quackery) with
> transparency about eligibility parameters (as also
> specifically sought, we do not accept any
> stakeholder-pundits-say-so bases) and in the peculiar
> circumstances also opportunity for the petitioners to
> duly comment (which we have lots of practice on, ever
> since we clinched the Sultangarhi Public Notice in the
> case filed along side the Arjun Camp cases). Lordship
> has set time frame and will monitor (for which we are
> enormously grateful).
>
> I will post the judgment as soon as it pops up on the
> court web or we get certified copy.
>
>
> ps
> Lots of people, besides the petitioners, have won
> these cases. But none, including the petitioners, can
> be happier than I. These are the mpisg cases closest
> to my heart: they are specifically for plan
> entitlements not mainly against violations; and they
> are about housing. I specialized in housing when I
> studied planning in 86-87, quit mainstream profession
> in 96-97 in disgust about housing discourse, and can
> now leave with joy-n-peace in 06-07. Cheers!
>
>
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