L. A. DEBATES (CENTRAL) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 603
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*** House Rent Control Cases in New Delhi**
†228. Khan Bahadur Shaikh Fazl-i-Haq Piracha : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
(a) the number of cases decided by the Rent Controller, New Delhi, regarding the extension of tendency of houses in New Delhi in 1942;
(b) whether there were cases in which the landlords applied that they required the houses for their own use ;
(c) if the answer to (b) be in the affirmative, how many applications from the landlords were rejected and how many accepted ; and
(d) if it is a fact that the rejection of such applications operated harshly against the landlords and is against the intention of the Rent Control Order; if so, whether the Honourable Member for Labour proposes to enquire into such cases and to revise the decisions of the Rent Controller, where necessary ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : The information asked for is not readily available and its collection would involve an amount of time and labour that would not be justifiable in war time.
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@ House Rent-Control Cases in New Delhi
†229. Khan Bahadur Shaikh Fazl-i-Haq Piracha : Will the Honourable the Labour Member please state :
( a ) the number of cases for the fixation of rent for houses in New Delhi which were decided by the Rent Controller, New Delhi, in 1942 ;
(b) in how many cases were the landlords asked to submit their objections;
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. I of 1943, 2nd March 1943, pp. 660-61.
@ Ibid., p. 661.
† Answer to this question laid on the table, the questioner being absent.