Housing
Slum dweller—Claim for allotment of house—Rejection of—Non-filing of ration card—The Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 (PART-B) as per Clause (1)(x) has wrongly mandated that for rehabilitation of the dwellers of the first floor of the jhuggis there shall be a compulsory separate ration card issued in the name of the dwellers of the first floor of the jhuggis especially in the light of the paragraph no. 4(6) of Gazette Notification No. G.S.R. 213(E) dated 20th March 2015 issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution which disallows use of ration card as a document of identity or proof of residence—Moreover, the intent of issuance of Ration Card is distribution of essential food items by Public Distribution System and hence, it does not intent on being used as an identity proof or an address proof—The Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 (PART-B) has wrongly made it compulsory that first floor dwellers of the Jhuggis shall have a separate Ration Card—Respondent directed to consider other documents issued before the cut-off date i.e., 1st January 2015 enlisted in Clause 2 of The Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 (PART-B)—Impugned orders are quashed and it is directed to respondent to allocate an alternative dwelling unit in favor of petitioners subject to the condition that petitioners produce the documents as enunciated in Clause 2 of The Delhi Slum& JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 (PART-B) issued before the cut-off i.e., 1st January 2015, the deposit of amount as stipulated by the respondent as well as any other requirement as mandated by the respondent.
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