Unauthorised Gurugram colonies get 6-month regularisation window

GURUGRAM: The department of town and country planning (DTCP) has started an exercise to regularise around 100 unauthorised colonies which do not fall under the jurisdiction of municipal corporations and municipal committees in the district, and to provide civic amenities in these areas, officials have said.

DTCP officials said these colonies will be regularised under the Haryana Management of Civic Amenities and Infrastructure Deficient Areas Outside Municipal Area (Special Provisions) Act, 2021. The policy under this Act was notified on July 19. According to a DTCP notification issued on that date, a committee under the chairmanship of the deputy commissioner will decide on providing amenities at these colonies.

DTCP officials said around 100 colonies, which are spread over around 300 acres of land in Gurugram, have poor infrastructure. They added that under the special law, they have been provided a six-month window to get regularised till December 31, failing which they will be sealed and demolished.

The department has asked property owners and residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) to submit applications at the earliest to avail the benefit.

Amit Madholia, district town planner (enforcement), said that the colonies were identified based on notices issued to builders who developed these colonies, and plot owners.

The government has already taken action against some of the colonies. However, officials clarified on Friday that even those colonies will be eligible for getting regularised under the new law. “Not only colonies which have faced legal action, but also those which have not, are eligible for applying under the Deficient Services Act, but only if they do not fall under the jurisdiction of municipal bodies,” said Madholia, who is also the committee secretary.

DTCP officials said that in case an applicant is a builder, the person will have to submit the proof of ownership, which includes registered sale deeds or sale agreements on stamp paper/ power of attorney, farm jamabandi (consolidation) of the time when such a colony was sold/ developed, the present jamabandi, and a list on plot holders.

An RWA will have to submit a valid registration certificate with appropriate documents.

“Colonies developed on private land outside municipal limits do not have basic infrastructure, and people struggle due to lack of roads, drains, and sewage systems. This policy gives them an opportunity to come within the development and planning framework of the state government. We appeal to the stakeholders in all such colonies to come forward and submit their applications at the earliest,” according to Narender Solanki, senior town planner, Gurugram. The colonies, eligible to apply under the policy, have been put into four categories depending upon whether the built-up area is 25%, between 25 and 50%, between 50 and 75%, and between 75 and 100%, said DTCP officials.