The Karnataka High Court has ordered the Central and State Governments to ensure that housing schemes launched for eligible siteless/houseless urban and rural BPL/EWS families belonging to various categories of weaker sections of society are properly implemented.
“It is needless to note that the various schemes launched by the Central Government as well as the State Government shall be properly implemented and the respondents shall ensure that the benefits under the said scheme reach the beneficiaries,” said a division bench of Honourable Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S R Krishna Kumar in the case of Mohamed Ikbal v. Secretary to the Government of India (WP 5821/2021).
The facts of the case are that Advocate Mohamed Ikbal filed a petition requesting that the respondents provide housing to eligible siteless/houseless urban and rural BPL/EWS families belonging to various categories of weaker sections of society within a period of 1 or 2 years, based on the seniority list, and pass any such order in their interests.
The state government filed its statement of objections, detailing the various schemes launched by both the federal and state governments in this area. It was stated that under these schemes, anyone who is eligible and meets the criteria has benefited and been given homes.
“In light of the foregoing, we do not see any necessity to issue any direction to the respondents to provide houses to the BPL/EWS persons for the urban or rural area,” the court said. As a result, the petition was dismissed.
