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Delhi LG unhappy with DUSIB for negligence in revision of ground rent
The Statesman
|December 08, 2024
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has expressed strong displeasure over the "lackadaisical" approach of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) under the Delhi government in not revising the ground rent of its land and properties, thereby causing huge losses to the public exchequer.
The issue came to light during a hearing of an appeal petition filed by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) against DUSIB, wherein it was found that it had not revised the rent to be charged by it from HPCL despite mandatory provisions for the same being there, the LG office said on Friday. "In 1984, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) allotted two plots of land in Shahzada Bagh Industrial Area and Sarai Basti Rohtak Road to HPCL for setting up filling stations on a 10-year lease. The agreement stipulated that the rent would be revised eve
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