News: Illegal colonies: 14 land owners and property dealers booked-24-03-2021
Illegal colonies: 14 land owners and property dealers booked
Gurgaon: Fourteen land owners and property dealers were on Monday booked for developing illegal colonies and selling plots in Sadhrana village.
On the basis of a complaint by the enforcement wing of the department of town and country planning (DTCP), two FIRs were registered at Sector 10 police station against Pritam Singh and his wife Kamlesh, P M Sinha and his wife Anjali, Amnjula Bhargav, Jyoti Sagar, Rahul Yadav, Pawan, Rajkumar, Rani Devi, Shashi Bushan, Bharat Bushan, Kulbhushan and Rajni. They are accused of carving out illegal colonies in violation of sections of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975.
The land on which the illegal colony was carved out falls under the notified urban area of Gurgaon. As per the norms for developing a colony, the land owner needs to take a licence from the DTCP. The sub-division of land without necessary approvals is illegal. Violations of norms is punishable with imprisonment up to three years.
“Despite repeated notices, the land owners continued with the development of the illegal colonies,” said district town planner RS Batth.
He said as per norms, in such cases police officers, not below the rank of sub-inspector, have the power to arrest offenders. “We have requested cops to keep vigil in this area and bring any instances of unauthorised construction to our attention,” he added.
