The Karnataka High Court today granted a week's time to the state government to come up with a scheme to rehabilitate those migrant workers whose homes were razed as part of a demolition drive undertaken last month..A Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar asked the the State,"What is the scheme? You are supposed to come with a scheme.".The Court further asked the state to expedite the payment of immediate monetary relief to the evicted persons..In this regard, the Government Advocate sought for one week's time to come up with the scheme. The Court made it clear that no further time shall be granted to the state in the matter..The matter will be next heard on March 6..Earlier this month, the Karnataka High Court had directed the state government to come up with a comprehensive scheme to rehabilitate migrant workers who were forcefully evicted from their homes in Bangalore earlier this year..Last month, the Karnataka High Court had passed an interim stay on the demolition drive purportedly conducted by civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the Bengaluru Police..On a similar note, the Karnataka High Court had recently questioned the state Department of Immigration and Foreign Regional Registration office on the measures taken and the action initiated against the "illegal immigrants" in the State. The petition filed in this regard sought to direct the authorities for identification, isolation, and deportation of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh living in the State.
