new delhi north delhi municipal corporation on thursday afternoon razed 25 of the 500odd jhuggis at malikpur near tagore park for encroaching on land belonging to the civic body an official said that the demolition drive was carried out on court order the lawyers of the jhuggis dwellers however claimed that they hadnt seen any such court orderdozens of people including an 11dayold baby and its mother were rendered homeless in the scorching heat after the drive my baby is unwell said the mother rajkumari there was also a 12yearold girl whose parents claimed that she was suffering from cancer my daughters health will deteriorate now that we are homeless said her mother ritamany of the affected women work as household helps in the bungalows of tagore garden a group of residents of the colony had moved a local court to get the jhuggis removed my household items are buried under the debris because the authorities didnt give us enough time to vacate our homes said krishna a household helplawyers of the jhuggi dwellers quoting a may 3 order of rohini court said that the demolition has been stayed the court had not given demolition order for any specific property but the drive was still carried out we moved an urgent application seeking stay on demolition on thursday because the jhuggi dwellers were not given an opportunity of hearing the court stayed the demolition till may 7 the next date of hearing said a lawyertimarpur mla pankaj pushkar who was present during the demolition drive said the courts order was communicated to the authorities carrying out the demolition but they still went ahead with the drive this was an inhumane act and a disaster for the residents most of whom belong to the scst community the jhuggi dwellers were not given prior notice to vacate the premises due to which some of them lost their household items