News: Three DTCP teams to check OCs by architects; report in three days-17-02-2023
The department of town and country planning (DTCP) has formed three teams to inspect the sites for which occupation certificates were issued by architects under the self-certification policy in Gurgaon.
The teams will consist of assistant town planners and seven junior engineers, officials said on Thursday. They have to verify if the OCs are sound, and submit a report for at least 10% of all OCs granted within three days.
In November last year, DTCP had empowered architects to grant OCs to individual residential houses in licenced colonies under the state’s selfcertification scheme. In Gurgaon, 170 OCs have been granted by architects since the scheme came into effect.
“In compliance of the standard procedure regarding issuance of occupation certificates under the self-certification scheme, three ATPs and JEs has been directed to check the sites in licenced colonies across the city where OCs have been issued from February 15 till date,” read an an order by district town planner (planning) Rajesh Kaushik on Thursday.
The first team under ATP Jogender Singh along with two JEs will check the locations in DLF-1 and -2, South City-1 and -2, Sushant Lok-1, Malibu Towne, and Rosewood. The second team under ATP Kuldeep Singh will check the occupation certificates in Sushant Lok-2 and -3, DLF-3, Greenwood City, Palam Vihar, Sun City and Mayfield Garden. The third team under ATP Hitesh Hooda along with 3 junior engineers will check OCs for properties in DLF-4 and -5, Vipul World, Uppal Southend, Vatika India Next, sectors 106 to 109, Farrukhnagar and Sohna.
Under the scheme, any architect registered with the Council of Architecture (CoA) can issue an occupation certificate for a property after going through relevant documents. Within three days of issuing the OC, a physical copy of the application along with documents has to be submitted to DTCP for record
To ensure that OCs are not issued fraudulently, the district town planners have to inspect at least 10% of the OCs granted in the area. If any violations are detected or construction on the building given an OC is found to be incomplete, the DTP can issue a show-cause notice, blacklist the architect and/withdraw the certificate. The department can also recommend the registration authority not to register any floor/building linked to the architect who violated the norms.
