The Delhi High Court has said that authorities in the capital are acting in “ wilful disobedience ” of its orders by failing to issue provisional housing allotment letters to Tamil-speaking migrant families displaced by the demolition of the Madrasi Camp in Jangpura, The Indian Express reported on Thursday.

In an order on September 26, the court said that further non-compliance would compel it to take action against the concerned officials.

The decades-old Madrasi Camp, built overlooking the Barapullah drain near Nizamuddin Railway Station, housed 370 tenements and was predominantly inhabited by families originally from Tamil Nadu.

It was demolished on June 1 by the Delhi Development Authority.

This came after the court directed authorities on May 9 to clear the area

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