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Restriction Act to Delhi Province ? How many have been disposed of and how many are still pending in Courts ?
(b) Is he aware that immediately after enforcement of the Punjab Rent Restriction Act in Delhi Municipal Area, landlords asked a number of tenants to vacate residential houses and flats for landlords’ own occupation ? Are Government aware that a large majority of such claims was false and the houses were let to the same or other parties on payment of Nazrana ?
(c) Will he be pleased to give instructions for enacting Control Orders throughout Delhi Province providing that no residential house or flat should be vacated so long as the tenant pays or is willing to pay controlled rent ?
(d) Is he aware that landlords in Delhi generally refuse to carry out repairs to their property since the enforcement of Control Orders ? If so, will he be pleased to state what steps he proposes to take to penalise the landlords for refusing to attend to their property ?
The Honourable Dr. B. R. Ambedkar : (a) The number of suits instituted upto the 28th of March 1944 was 1,444. Of these 888 had been disposed of and 556 were pending.
(b) Yes. I understand that the local authorities have received complaints to this effect.
(c) Government have certain measures under consideration.
(d) The local authorities have received some complaints and the matter is under consideration.
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*** Publication of Railway Labour Supervisor’s** Annual Report
- Mr. Lalchand Navalrai : With reference to the Honourable the Labour Member’s reply to unstarred question No. 43, asked on the 10th February, 1943, in regard to the publication of Railway Labour Supervisor’s annual report, will the Honourable Member ensure the publication of brief reports by way of press communiques for the information of interests concerned ? If not, why not ?
- Legislative Assembly Debates (Central), Vol. III of 1944, 4th April 1944, pp. 1924-25.