Smt Jayamma v. the Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
In multiple writ petitions, the High Court accepted that slum dwellers are entitled to regularization. The Court directed the Commissioner, BDA, to transfer records to the Slum Clearance Board within two months and required the Board to consider representations for granting conveyances thereafter, also warning of exemplary costs for further inaction.
What did the court decide?
Directed Respondent-BDA to transfer records to the Slum Clearance Board within two months and Board to consider representations for conveyances within two months thereafter; warned of exemplary costs