Delhi Development Authority
Sanjay Vashishtha is an experienced legal professional currently serving as a Partner at Vashishtha Law Office since 2014. Additionally, Sanjay holds the position of Lawyer of Confidence at the Embassy of Switzerland in India since January 2024 and has been a Standing Counsel and Special Counsel at National Law University, Delhi since January 2020. Sanjay provides legal consultancy to the Delhi Police Department and has acted as visiting faculty for the Specialized Training Unit. Furthermore, Sanjay is a Board Member at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi and serves as Standing Counsel for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi since July 2022. Other roles include Legal Consultant and Counsel at The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala, and visiting lecturer at Lloyd Law College, focusing on criminology and evidence law. Sanjay's educational background includes multiple master's degrees from the University of Oxford and McGill University, among other qualifications, highlighting a strong foundation in law and criminology.
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Delhi Development Authority
he Development Authority was created in 1957 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act"to promote and secure the development of Delhi " DDA has played a vital role in the orderly-yet-rapid development of Delhi. The city has become the residence of choice for more than 11 million people and this number continues to increase. Delhi became the focus of government activity in 1911 when the British shifted the capital from Kolkata to Delhi.The initial location proposed for the Capital was to the north of the Northern Ridge. It was later changed to the present location around Raisina Hills. Renowned town planners Edward Lutyens and Herbert Baker planned the city of New Delhi in the year 1912. In 1922 a tiny Nazul Office, comprising of 10 to 12 officials, was set up in the Collectorate of Delhi, the first authority to regulate the planned development of the city. In 1937, the Nazul office was upgraded to an Improvement Trust, constituted under the provisions of the United Provinces Improvement Act, 1911, to control building operations and regulate land usage. India's Independence in 1947 and resultant migration increased Delhi's population from 7 lakhs to 17 lakhs by 1951. Open spaces were occupied by migrants. Civic services virtually collapsed. Delhi Improvement Trust and Municipal Body, the two local bodies at that time, were not adequately equipped to cope up with the changing scenario. In order to plan Delhi and to check its rapid and haphazard growth, the Central Government appointed a Committee under the chairmanship of Sh. G D. Birla in 1950. This Committee recommended a Single Planning & Controlling Authority for all the urban areas of Delhi. Consequently, the Delhi Development (Provisional) Authority - DDPA - was constituted by promulgating the Delhi (Control of Building Operations) Ordinance, 1955 (replaced by the Delhi Development Act, 1957) with the primary objective of ensuring the development of Delhi in accordance with a plan.