Lok Sabha Question No. 4714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-21
Subject: Plots on Lease to Refugees
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4714

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 21, 2025

## PLOTS ON LEASE TO REFUGEES

NO. 4714.         SHRI RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the details of the colonies in which plots and houses were given to refugees on lease in Delhi at the time of partition of the country in 1947 along with the period of lease;
- (b)  whether the lease of these plots and houses has expired now and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to extend the lease of the said plots and houses or make them freehold and if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (c): Ministry  of  Rehabilitation  (later  looked  after  by  the  Land  & Development Office, Delhi Development Authority etc. for further administration)  allocated  plots,  houses,  and  tenements  to  refugees  in Delhi post-independence on a leasehold basis. The list of Rehabilitation Colonies  is  annexed.  Depending  on  the  period  of  leases,  some  have expired  while  some  of  the  leases  have  already  been  converted  from leasehold to freehold. Policy with respect to renewal of expired leases is also considered from time to time.

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## Annexure

## Land & Development Office Rehabilitation Colonies

|   Sl.No. | Colony                                       |
|----------|----------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Double Storey Lajpat Nagar                   |
|        2 | Nizamuddin East and West                     |
|        3 | Jangpura Extension                           |
|        4 | Jangpura "A"                                 |
|        5 | Jangpura "B"                                 |
|        6 | Aliganj                                      |
|        7 | Kalkaji D/S 'A' Block                        |
|        8 | Moti Nagar D/S                               |
|        9 | Rameshwari Nehru Nagar                       |
|       10 | Motia Khan Double Storey                     |
|       11 | West Patel Nagar D/S                         |
|       12 | Bharat Nagar                                 |
|       13 | Malka Ganj D/S                               |
|       14 | BSA Vijay Nagar D/S                          |
|       15 | Indra Nagar                                  |
|       16 | Andha Mughal                                 |
|       17 | Sarai Rohilla                                |
|       18 | Gur-ki-Mandia                                |
|       19 | Tilak Nagar                                  |
|       20 | Ramesh Nagar Double Storey and Single Storey |
|       21 | Industrial Area Kirti Nagar                  |
|       22 | Nicholson Road                               |
|       23 | Kalkaji                                      |
|       24 | West Patel Nagar                             |
|       25 | Vijay Nagar                                  |
|       26 | Malviya Nagar                                |
|       27 | East Patel Nagar                             |
|       28 | South Patel Nagar                            |
|       29 | Malka Ganj                                   |
|       30 | Tehar-I                                      |
|       31 | Tehar-II                                     |
|       32 | Defence Colony                               |
|       33 | Shivalik                                     |
|       34 | Old Rajinder Nagar                           |
|       35 | New Rajinder Nagar                           |
|       36 | Chittranjan Park                             |
|       37 | Lajpat Nagar-I                               |
|       38 | Lajpat Nagar-II                              |
|       39 | Lajpat Nagar-Ill                             |
|       40 | Dayanand Colony Lajpat Nagar-IV              |

|   41 | Amar Colony Lajpat Nagar-IV   |
|------|-------------------------------|
|   42 | Vikram Vihar Lajpat Nagar-IV  |
|   43 | Vinobapuri                    |
|   44 | Moti Nagar                    |
|   45 | Narela                        |
|   46 | Jheel Khuranja                |
|   47 | Hakikat Nagar                 |
|   48 | Pusa Road                     |

## Delhi Development Authority Rehabilitation Colonies

|   Sl. No. | Colony                  |
|-----------|-------------------------|
|         1 | Mukherjee Nagar         |
|         2 | Hudson Lane/Outram Lane |
|         3 | Bhai Parmanand colony   |
|         4 | New Gupta Colony        |
|         5 | Priyadarshini Vihar     |
|         6 | Indra Vihar             |
|         7 | Naiwala                 |
|         8 | Basti Rehgar            |
|         9 | Karol Bagh              |
|        10 | Bagh Raoji              |
|        11 | Shidipura               |
|        12 | Jhandewalan             |
|        13 | Qadam Sharif            |
|        14 | Paharganj               |
|        15 | Burn Bastion Road       |
|        16 | Gestin Bastion Road     |
|        17 | Daryaganj South         |
|        18 | Chirag North            |
|        19 | Chirag South            |
|        20 | Jhilmil Tahirpur        |
|        21 | Inderpat                |
|        22 | Arakpur Bagh Mochi      |
|        23 | Aliganj                 |
|        24 | Southern Ridge          |
|        25 | Sadar Bazar North       |
|        26 | Sadar Bazar South       |
|        27 | .Inside City Wall       |
|        28 | Daryaganj North         |
|        29 | The Bela                |