NCR real estate: Occupancy certificate of 58 properties in Gurugram cancelled over illegal 4th floors

Haryana’s department of town and country planning on Thursday said it has cancelled the occupancy certificates of 58 properties in Gurugram whose owners built a fourth floor in violation of rules and without getting approval of the building plan before February 23, 2023, when the ban on fourth floors was imposed, people familiar with the matter said. Rajesh Kaushik, district town planner, Gurugram, said that after going through the files submitted by architects, they have identified 58 properties on which the fourth floor was built in violation of rules. DTCP has issued restoration notice to the owners of these properties and asked them to take corrective action otherwise their illegally built fourth floors would be demolished, said the Gurugram district town planner on Thursday. A letter written by Hitesh Sharma, senior town planner, headquarters, DTCP, Haryana, on May 3, said, “The issue concerning the above cases where building plans for S+4 were approved but on account of certain deficiencies there has been an issue in grant of OC has been under deliberation at the level of state government and a final decision in this regard has been kept pending till a final decision on the recommendation of the expert committee on S+4 constructions.” According to DTCP officials, the headquarters also issued clarification that in cases of residential plots where the composite fees for lapse of building plan have not been deposited before February 23, 2023 and files are being submitted now; where the external development charges for fourth floor was deposited after the cutoff date and file is being submitted now or in cases where the building plan was approved and fees for purchasable floor area ratio for fourth floor was deposited after the cutoff date and file is being submitted now, then the OC of such properties will be kept in abeyance till directions from the state government are received in this matter.