New Delhi: The Central Information
Commission has advised the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to
fix some norms for the timeframe to act against illegal
construction, absence of which would only lead to "defiance
of the rule of law and arbitrariness and corruption".
During the hearing the MCD officials informed Information
Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi that unauthorised constructions
has to be booked within 20 days in the "misal band" register
but there is no time limit for taking action in terms of
sealing or demolition.
"The Commission feels that this is a weakness in the
working of the MCD," he said.
"Section 4 (1) (b) (iv) of the RTI Act requires that
norms set by a public authority for discharge of its
functions must be disclosed. If norms of time period for
taking action after booking of unauthorised construction are
not laid down it would only lead to defiance of the rule of
law and arbitrariness and corruption," Gandhi said.
The Commissioner recommended that MCD should consider
fixing some norms for the time within which action would be
taken in case of unauthorised construction.
-PTI
