Snehal Upadhyay-
Published on : September 11, 2021 at 10:27 IST
The Delhi High Court granted two weeks to the Delhi Government in order to decide upon the implementation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s promise of paying the rent if a poor tenant was not able to do so during the pandemic.
The petitioners claimed that the Chief Minister failed to keep his promise of paying their rent.
The deadline that the Court fixed ended on 2nd September, yet the Government failed to come up with any policy. This inaction of the Government made the petitioners Najma, Karan Singh and Rehana Bibi move to the Court for compliance.
Earlier, in the order Justice Prathiba M Singh held that “A statement given in a consciously held press conference, in the background of the lockdown and the mass exodus of migrant labourers, cannot be simply overlooked. Proper governance requires the government to take a decision on the assurance given by the CM, and inaction cannot be the answer.”
The Court observed that the Chief Minister made a statement and was not a “political promise”.
The Court further added “The statement was not made by a government functionary at a lower level in the hierarchy, who could be devoid of such knowledge. The CM is expected to have had the said knowledge and is expected to exercise his authority to give effect to his promise/assurance.”
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