An attempt by the Delhi high court administration to evict a mentally challenged person manning a kiosk in court premises has led two of its judges to demand an explanation. A division bench has stayed the eviction of Lalit Nautiyal from his kiosk by the HC administration and also directed that his kiosk, situated in Karkardooma court complex, not be auctioned.
Nautiyal had moved court alleging the HC administration acted unlawfully by asking him to vacate the kiosk from where he runs a photostat shop.
Nautiyal told HC that he was given the original allotment in 2001 under the handicapped quota on sympathetic grounds. Over the years, even while the lease executed in his favor expired, the court administration neither renewed his lease nor cancelled it. But in 2009, the committee in charge of maintenance of the court complex decided to auction all the kiosks and award licence for a period of three years. An alarmed Nautiyal then approached the administration, praying his allotment be continued as handing the kiosk to the highest bidder would mean robbing a handicapped person of his only source of livelihood, especially when his parents were dependent on him. His plea however was ignored and he was slapped with an eviction notice.
Source:- The Times of India Abhinav Garg, TNN, Dec 19, 2010, 05.06am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/HC-stays-eviction-of-disabled-kiosk-owner/articleshow/7125895.cms
Nautiyal had moved court alleging the HC administration acted unlawfully by asking him to vacate the kiosk from where he runs a photostat shop.
Nautiyal told HC that he was given the original allotment in 2001 under the handicapped quota on sympathetic grounds. Over the years, even while the lease executed in his favor expired, the court administration neither renewed his lease nor cancelled it. But in 2009, the committee in charge of maintenance of the court complex decided to auction all the kiosks and award licence for a period of three years. An alarmed Nautiyal then approached the administration, praying his allotment be continued as handing the kiosk to the highest bidder would mean robbing a handicapped person of his only source of livelihood, especially when his parents were dependent on him. His plea however was ignored and he was slapped with an eviction notice.
Source:- The Times of India Abhinav Garg, TNN, Dec 19, 2010, 05.06am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/HC-stays-eviction-of-disabled-kiosk-owner/articleshow/7125895.cms
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