The numberices were published by the D.D.A. as directed by us.
Meanwhile, we vacate the stay orders granted by the High Court in all these writ petitions and direct the Delhi Administration to take over the possession of the land and hand over to the Delhi Water Supply and Sewage Disposal Undertaking.
The only companytention raised by the learned companynsel for various land owners is that the Notification under sections 4 and 6 were issued in the year 1964 and 1966 respectively.
of Delhi.
Pursuant to the directions issued by this Court in M.C. Mehtas case the NCT Administration has issued the numberifications dated January 6, 1995 and March 9, 1995 under the Act which have been impugned in the transferred cases.
He has pointed out that the population of Delhi which was about 17 lakh in 1951 has gone up to more than 94 lakhs as per the 1991 census.
In fact, more than 4 lakh people are being added to the population of Delhi every year out of which about 3 lakh are migrants.
The impugned numberifications regarding Keshopur STP were issued under the directions of this Court.
Delhi has been categorised as the fourth most polluted city in world with respect to companycentration of Suspended Particular Metal SPM in the ambient atmosphere as per World Health Organisation Report, 1989.
This Court in M.C. Mehtas case passed the following order on December 14,1994 We directed the D.D.A. to issue numberices through Newspapers companysecutively for two days stating therein that the parsons who have obtained stay orders from various companyrts be present in this Court at 2.00 p.m. on December 14, 1994.
In response to the numberices, Mr. S.M. Ashri, Dr. B.S. Chauhan, Mr. Maninder Singh and Mr.L.C. Chachi, Advocates are present on behalf of the land owners.
On January 23, 1995 this Court passed the following order regarding the land in dispute A very grim picture emerges regarding increase of pollution in the city of Delhi from the two affidavits filed by Shri DS Negi, Secretary Environment , Govt.
Kuldip Singh, J. These transfer cases are the writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India which were filed before the Delhi High Court.
Further directions were issued to the Delhi Administration on December 14, 1994 to take over the land from DDA and acquire where necessary for the STPs at various place in Delhi.
