1014 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
in Delhi and that Government have consequently decided to demolish temporary Government building constructed during the war?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) Yes; a landlord could get a tenant ejected, under the New Delhi House Rent Control Order, 1939, only when the Rent Controller was satisfied that the house was reasonably and in good faith, required by the landlord.
(b) Yes ; the expressions ‘reasonably and in good faith’ occurring in the Old Clause of the New Delhi House Rent Control Order 1939 gave unscrupulous landlords an opportunity of forcing tenants to pay more than the controlled rents. It was also found necessary to debar landlords from evicting tenants of long standing (whose presence in Delhi was essential), especially when the landlords were already residing in Delhi. Consequently clause 11-A of the New Delhi House Rent Control Order, 1939, was enacted.
(c) Yes.
(d) No. Not till the housing position in Delhi improves.
(e) The answer to the first half of the question is in the negative.
Government propose to demolish buildings only when they are no longer required for any essential purpose, or where it is considered essential in the interests of the housing position itself that temporary structures should be replaced by permanent buildings.
Mr. Manu Subedar : May I enquire whether Government will look into the question: when a tenant rents out to a subtenant, even then do Government propose to leave the tenant secure in the possession of his house, even when the tenant is profiteering ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I shall consider that question.
Prof. N. G. Ranga : We are not interested in the demolishing of these temporary Government buildings. Are these house owners or the Government themselves interested in their demolition ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : I did not follow the question.
Prof. N. G. Ranga : Part (e) of the question says, “If it is a fact that the house situation has become easier than before in Delhi and that Government have consequently decided to demolish temporary Government buildings constructed during the war ?”