The Delhi High Court on Monday admonished the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and other civic bodies for failing to provide land for the construction of Mohalla Clinics in the national Capital. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar warned the DDA of initiating contempt proceedings against its counsel for his failure to inform the court about the location of 245 sites proposed by the AAP government for Mohalla (locality) Clinics. “We had passed a specific direction on the last date of hearing to examine the feasibility of sorting out the difficulties with regard to the Mohalla Clinics on the proposed sites. It seems the authorities concerned are not proceeding in the matter,” the bench observed. The court directed the Principal Secretary of the Delhi government to convene a meeting with all bodies - DDA and all MCDs - to examine the feasibility of the land identified for these clinics. It also asked the agencies to submit a status report in this matter, thereby fixing the next date of hearing to January 5. During the proceedings, the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) and Delhi Metro informed the court that they have identified 107 and around 20 sites respectively, for which no objection certificate has also been obtained from the authorities. Appearing for the AAP government, its counsel Sanjoy Ghosh informed the court that they have undertaken a massive exercise and identified possible sites where local clinics can be located. The court was hearing NGO Justice for All’s plea for direction to the authorities to allot adequate number of plots for construction of these clinics with permission to raise the appropriate temporary structures to run them. Advocate Khagesh B Jha, appearing for the petitioner had alleged that the LG has now approved the scheme of Mohalla Clinics but the multiplicity of agencies and difference of opinion among them has led to the scheme working at a slow pace.