‘Anguished’ over poor quality homes in Rohini; DDA has ensured guilty go scot-free: HC

The Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for filing a recovery suit against a contractor 20 years after he gave possession of flats, saying the intent of the officials was to ensure that those responsible for poor construction quality were “never brought to book”.

The court expressed “deep anguish” over the way the officials of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) had dealt with the issue of alleged poor quality of construction of flats in Rohini in north west Delhi by the contractor.

“This court has no doubt that the DDA officials could have easily detected the poor quality of construction when the construction was carried out by the defendant (contractor) or at least before the bills of the defendant were paid and a no dues certificate was issued,” Justice Manmohan said.

The court dismissed DDA’s suit seeking to recover over Rs 1.21 crore from the contractor, SAR Agencies, saying it was barred by limitation and said dismissal of the suit will not prevent the authority from taking action against its officials.

“To file a suit for recovery more than 20 years after handing over of possession by the contractor shows that the intent of the officials of the DDA …read more