New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Delhi High Court has expressed strong dissatisfaction with the progress made by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) and Land & Development Office (L&DO) in finalising a policy for conversion of properties from leasehold to freehold, observing that "scores of citizens" cannot be made to wait indefinitely for conversion of their properties.

A division bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan said it was "clearly not satisfied" with the progress made since its previous order and noted that the minutes of a meeting between the authorities actually revealed that there was "no clarity on any policy whatsoever" either on documentation or conversion charges....