The Bombay High Court has said the implications of non- payment of transit rent was serious for slum dwellers and directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to take proactive measures to address the issue. A division bench of acting Chief Justice Nitin Jamdar and Justice Arif Doctor was on Wednesday hearing a public interest litigation filed by one Vijendra Rai raising the issue of non-payment of transit rent dues to slum dwellers whose houses are under redevelopment.
The bench noted that the SRA is a statutory authority entrusted with the task of ensuring that the redevelopment of slums is undertaken in an orderly manner and this would include transit rent to be duly paid to the eligible persons by the developers.”The implications of non-payment of transit rent are serious for the slum dwellers. SRA being the statutory body established for slum redevelopment should take proactive measures to ascertain whether the transit rent is being paid to the slum dwellers, the high court said.
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Source : The Economic Times
