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Stop resale of houses, TNSCB told
Observing that the steps taken by the government to relocate encroachers and provide them alternative accommodation will come to a naught if they can sell or transfer the allotted houses, the Madras High Court has sought the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) to come out with an amendment or regulation incorporating a pre-emptive clause in the agreement/allotment order itself.
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Justice S Vaidyanathan, while disposing a plea moved by a person seeking to safeguard her building on government property, said, “When once those persons are given allotment of house either at nominal rate or at no cost, it is seen that after certain number of years, those residents are trying to dispose of the property allotted to them and move to some other place. The object of the allotment itself is defeated, if sold within a short span of time and thereby the allottees occupy the original place in the slums.”
The judge also held that when once such pre-emptive clause is incorporated, the property
can be reverted or resold only to the TNSCB and the authorities can sell or allot the property to poor persons based on the seniority maintained for the purpose.
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