The Housing Minister of the Maharashtra Government on Wednesday agreed to allot a house to 26/11 terror attack victim Devika Rotawan under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS). This move by the housing department of the state has come two weeks after the Bombay High Court directed to consider the request of Ms. Rotawan and asked the state department to handle terror attack victim’s case with sensitivity so that basic human rights are not violated in the case.
Additional government pleader Jyoti Chavan informed the court that the housing department of Maharashtra has agreed to provide a residential home to Ms. Rotawan under the EWS scheme within 6 months’ time from today. Ms. Rotawan will get a house either in any project of the MHADA (Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority) or SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority).
The division bench of judges, Justice Girish Kulkarni and Justice Firdosh Pooniwalla said, “We appreciate the decision taken by the Housing Minister of state which according to us has granted real justice to the petitioner considering the suffering she has undergone all these years.”
