NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday pulled up the ministry of housing and urban affairs for “stalling everything” and not coming out with a procedure for issuance of notice to defaulters who have carried out illegal constructions in Delhi.
The apex court said the ministry seeking two adjournments for bringing the agreed procedure was “too much” and the attitude of the authorities concerned was that “everybody is to be blamed except us”.
“Why is your ministry stalling everything? They are stalling everything. For an agreed procedure, two adjournments have been taken. What is this happening? This is too much,” a bench of justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta told Additional Solicitor General (ASG) A N S Nadkarni, appearing for the Centre.
When the ASG said deliberations were going on and the ministry was considering a rule book, the bench said, “We will see the rule book.”