L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1019
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*** Requisitioned Houses in Qarol Bagh, Delhi**
- Mr. Ahmed E. H. Jaffer : (a) Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state if Government are aware that in most cases where the requisitioned houses in Karol Bagh, Delhi, were accepted by the allottees, they were sublet by the respective allottees, on black-market rents to the general public who were driven to pay high rents on account of grave shortage of living accommodation in Delhi ?
(b) Are Government also aware that this practice of subletting is so prevalent that on an enquiry by the Estate Office, three flats out of four in house No. 6 / 73 in Karol Bagh, were found to be sub-let ?
(c) Is it a fact that most of the unoccupied houses in Karol bagh are being utilised by the local staff of the Central Public Works Department for their private ends ?
(d) In view of these facts, do Government propose to consider the advisability of terminating the lease of the houses referred to in part (a) of the preceding question to save them from black market transactions and misuse and making them available to the needy general public among whom many are Government employees on the waiting list for Government accommodation ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) No.
(b) It is a fact that two flats out of the four in house No. 6/73 Karol Bagh were found to have been sub-let, but it does not follow from this one case, that sub-letting is widely prevalent.
(c) No.
(d) Government have already de-requisitioned a few houses in the Karol Bagh area, and have always under their examination the de-requisitioning of houses not required by them or which they are unable to utilise.
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. IV of 1946, 29th March 1946, p. 1259.