Introduction
In a project being developed under a slum rehabilitation scheme,
the eligible slum dwellers are to be paid transit rent, till the
date of their new rehab tenement is handed over possession to them
by the developer. However, there have been several instances in the
past where the slum dwellers have been living in transit
accommodation for years and the developers have stopped paying the
rent for the same.
Over the years, the complaints regarding non-payment of rent
have drastically increased.
Background
Keeping in view the increasing instances of defaults by
developers, a Public Interest Litigation being PIL No. 109 of
2019 by Vijendra Kumar Rai against the State of
Maharashtra1 ("PIL") was
filed before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court for non-payment of
transit rent to eligible slum dwellers. The PIL highlighted that
the substantial dues had not been paid to the eligible slum
dwellers by the respective developers.
