58 lawyers and researchers have petitioned the president to withdraw the draught Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation 2021 in order to ensure peace, progress, and good governance. In the interest of the UT residents, a group of 58 attorneys and scholars has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, requesting that the proposed Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation 2021 (LDAR) be withdrawn.
The letter contains a three-point list of issues raised by the proposed LDAR:
(a) violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution, as well as natural justice principles;
(b) ignorance of island customary laws and violation of recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee (Report no 231);
(c) overriding the Supreme Court-ordered Integrated Island Management Plans and Justice Raveendr's recommendations.
The draught LDAR 2021 is a proposed rule established under Article 240 of the Indian Constitution to provide for the development of cities in Lakshadweep. The President has the authority to establish rules for the peace, progress, and good governance of the Union territory of Lakshadweep under Article 240. The letter also raises concerns about restricting local community involvement by removing the Lakshadweep panchayats' rights and establishing a separate planning authority.
The letter relates to the report of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RV Raveendran Committee in the matter of Union Territory of Lakshadweep & Ors v. Seashells Beach Resort & Ors. The Court in this case approved the Committee's suggestions and instructed the Government of India and the UT of Lakshadweep to incorporate them into the Integrated Island Management Plan. According to the letter, the draught LADR 2021 ignores and overrides the IIMPs created under Supreme Court directives. The group has asked India's President to guarantee that the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Raveendran Committee's recommendations for the islands' long-term development be followed.
The Kerala High Court recently dismissed a PIL challenging the Draft Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation 2021 (LDAR), stating that they are still being considered by the Administrator, and hence an analysis of their validity is premature. The respondent has the right under LDAR to remove or usurp the modest holdings of property owned by Scheduled Tribes islanders, according to the plea.
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