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We, therefore, issued two public notices on July 21, 2006 to propose amendments to the Master Plan, 2001. Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra also could not find fault with these amendments. The amendments were such as to provide relief to a very large number of shopkeepers and others. It is important for us to note that the Supreme Court has not only chosen not to stay the Act but it has also taken cognizance of these two public notices. The Supreme Court is fully alive to the implications of these two notifications. We are making all efforts to complete the statutory process for finalising these amendments to the Master Plan, 2001 at the earliest possible. Suitable instructions have been issued to MCD in this regard to take all preparatory and necessary steps to give effect to these amendments.
More seriously, I would like to refer to the proposal for amnesty. If you look at the two notifications which we issued, you will find huge elements of the amnesty you are asking for. I am certainly not among those who will allow Delhi to be demolished. It is not easy to build a city of this kind nor will any demolitions be permitted beyond the minimum. On the contrary, we are determined to liberate the huge sections of Delhi from this irritating process of sealings, de-sealings and re-sealings.
Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav has raised a question whether such things are constitutionally valid or not. I am not the best man to comment on that. That is a larger question. However, I am sure, everybody concerned should take note of the burden that such monitoring at different levels is imposing on the whole system.
PROF. VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA : Sir, it is not a question of monitoring burden. You have to monitor. The Ministers must monitor, not the Court Commissioners. It is not a question of money alone; it is a question of the authority. If the Court Commissioners are to monitor, what will you do, what will the Commissioner, MCD do? That is the point. It is not a question of monitoring. … (Interruptions)