News: Encroached MCG land & extended basement, government official on radar-04-04-2021
Encroached MCG land & extended basement, government official on radar
Gurgaon: A district horticulture department official is under scanner for violating building norms after he allegedly extended the basement of his house in DLF Phase 1 by encroaching upon government land.
The official of the department of town and country planning (DTCP), who had given OC to the building, will likely face departmental inquiry and action, officials said.
The house was constructed over a plot of 150 square yards. However, officials said that the basement has been extended over another 100 square yards on a plot of land that belongs to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG).
The plot was purchased in a re-sale in the name of Shabnam, wife of district horticulture officer (DHO) Deen Mohammad, in 2016. The construction started on the plot in 2017 after getting approval of the building plan from the DTCP. The building got the OC in December 2018. The OC mentioned a basement of 52.028sqm.
Ravinder Yadav, a resident of DLF Phase-1, said he filed complaints with the DTP(E) and DTP (P) in 2019 as well. “This one-of-a-kind case where everything is fine on the surface, but the encroachment is underground,” he said.
On March 15, Yadav filed a complaint on the CM Window against the DTCP officials for not taking action. On Friday, senior town planner (STP) Sanjeev Man conducted a hearing on the complaint filed by Yadav. The STP directed the DTP (Enforcement) to take the necessary action as per the law against the unauthorised construction, if any, raised after obtaining the occupation certificate.
“DTP (P) was directed to check the site within a week and withdraw the OC, if not found in order. Along with this, necessary disciplinary action may also be initiated against a field official,,” said STP. DTP (P) was also asked to write to the MCG commissioner for removal of encroachment from MCG land if found at the site.
Deen Mohammad, district horticulture officer (DHO), said the house was constructed as per the law. “The complainant is my neighbour who has filed the complaint with a personal vendetta,” he said.
