GUIDELINES ON PROTECTION
OF GENUINE AND BONA-FIDE TENANTS OF PSUs/FIs FROM MISUSE OF PUBLIC
PREMISES ACT NOTIFIED
An In-House Committee
was constituted in the Ministry of Urban Development & Poverty
Alleviation to examine the grievances and cases of violation of
provisions of Public Premises(Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants)
Act, 1971 as brought out by the Tenant’s Action Committees and
to examine the feasibility of framing rules under section 18 of
the Act which would, in essence, incorporate the guidelines issued
by the Ministry on 14.1.1992.
All the Ministries/Departments
of the Government of India have been requested time and again
to issue necessary instructions to the PSUs/Financial Institutions
etc. under their control, to refrain from misusing the provisions
of the Public Premises(Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act,
1971 against the genuine and bona-fide tenants.
The Committee held
several meetings with the representatives of the Tenant’s Associations
and the officers of some Public Sector Undertakings against whom
the grievances of the tenants lie. After detailed discussions
the Committee concluded that the guidelines dated 14.1.1992 cannot
form part of the Public Premises(Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants)
Act, 1971. The committee also concluded that the Guidelines dated
14.1.1992 may be reiterated in the form of a ‘Government Resolution’
to impress upon the Public Sector Undertakings and others to follow
them earnestly. The Government Resolution has been notified in
the Gazette of India on 8.6.2002.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development &
Poverty Alleviation, Shri Pon Radhakrishnan in a written reply
to the question of Shri Kirit Somaiya in Lok Sabha today.
