DDA to regularise ‘chullah’ tax homes

The land agency said the existing occupation will be regularised on a “as is where is basis”.

The five villages that will benefit from the decision are Nagali Razapur, Todapur, Dashghara, Jhilmil Tahirpur and Arakpur Bagh Mochi.

When the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, the British decided not to acquire the land of certain villages and let the residents continue to live there. In return, they collected the chullah tax once a month. Depending on the number of chullahs in a household, every family paid one anna per chullah.