GURUGRAM: The enforcement wing of town and country planning department (DTCP) asked police to register FIRs against developers of 20 illegal colonies that were built on agricultural land without taking mandatory permission from the authorities.
“These illegal colonies were developed in Gurgaon, Sohna, Pataudi and Farrukhnagar in the past few months,” an official said.
The enforcement team recently demolished these colonies and sought legal action against the violators. The department has also written to the revenue department to not register sale deeds of any property in these colonies and recover the expenses incurred on the demolition drives from the land owners.
District town planner (enforcement) Manish Yadav said, “We have recommended to register 10 separate FIRs against the people involved in these violations. These 20 colonies were being developed in about 60-70 acres. After the demolition drives in the last couple of months, we have now sent recommendations to the enforcement police station for registering FIRs against them.”
The department has also written to the revenue officials for recovery of expenses incurred on the demolition drives.
He further said no licence or approval was taken from the department for setting up these colonies.
“To crack down on such illegal colonies, teams have been formed by DTP (Enforcement) to conduct surveys in their respective areas and identify illegal colonies. As soon as the colony gets identified, a show cause notice will be issued by the department and a reply will be sought. In case a satisfactory reply is not received, orders for restoration are issued. Even after this, if the colony land is not restored, then demolition action is carried out,” said an official.
In the last four months, demolition drives have been carried out by the department against illegal colonies in Pataudi, Farrukhnagar, Sohna, when several under construction structures and road networks were demolished. Developing illegal colonies is a violation of rules under the Haryana Urban Development Act, 1975.
