Many buildings in Ulhasnagar and Delhi are being demolished as they were illegally built. In some of these buildings people were living for 25 years. Builders and civic officials were responsible for their constructions. They got money. People who bought are suffering. Innocent people are punished. The buyers had paid stamp duty and registration charges. They have paid property tax. Vilasrao Deshmukh, chief minister of Maharashtra, says he is helpless as High Court has ordered it. The Government of Maharashtra can bring out an ordinance and regularise these. This is not done. The Government of India wants to amend the constitution to allow for reservations in private educational institutions. It is not doing anything for the people of Delhi.
Guilty must be punished. Builders and civic officials are guilty. The people who bought the flats must get back their money. Property tax shall be refunded to them. After that the buildings may be demolished.
Bombay High Court, while being strict on Ulhasnagar demolitions, has allowed illegal hutments in Matheran and Mahabaleshwar to stay. This defies logic.