The Supreme Courtroom on Friday requested authorities in Gurgaon to keep up established order with regard to deliberate demolitions and sealing of alleged unauthorised constructions in DLF phases 1-5.
A police spokesperson stated town police and the district administration had been all set to take motion, beginning with constructions deemed unlawful in DLF Part 3, on Friday.
A bench of Justices J Ok Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar sought the response of the state authorities within the matter inside 4 weeks. It requested the residents to not undertake any additional building on the involved land and buildings.
The highest courtroom was listening to petitions filed by varied owners and the Qutab Enclave Residents Welfare Affiliation (RWA) positioned in Sector 26A, DLF Part 1. Represented by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising together with advocates Anuj Saxena and Durgesh R Gupta, they challenged the sealing and demolition drive.
As per the enforcement wing of the Division of City and Nation Planning (DTCP), over 4,500 properties throughout varied DLF phases have been flagged for flouting building norms. As many as 2,100 confronted imminent demolition or sealing that was to start on Friday after the district administration had accepted District City Planner (Enforcement) Amit Madholia’s suggestions.
The drive was authorised and ordered first by the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom in February 2025, when it had additionally requested native courts to get rid of pending challenges to such motion by authorities.
The problem arose out of public curiosity litigation (PIL) petitions filed earlier than the excessive courtroom by the DLF Metropolis Residents Welfare Affiliation and others in 2021 opposing the alleged large-scale unauthorised constructions in breach of zoning and constructing code legal guidelines.
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Madholia had on Wednesday acknowledged that the Deputy Commissioner of Gurgaon had authorised his division’s advice to seal and lower the utilities of the constructions in query.
The motion is being taken underneath the Haryana City Improvement Act and the foundations of the City and Nation Planning Division, Madholia added. Additional, any uncalled interference with the sealing and demolition course of will lead to FIRs being filed, it was acknowledged.
Nevertheless, the petitioners earlier than the highest courtroom contend that the drive and notices are illegal as they might solely have been issued by town’s civic physique, the Gurugram Municipal Company.
In addition they acknowledged that they weren’t heard by the excessive courtroom earlier than passing such prejudicial instructions.
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Baljeet Singh Rathee, president of the Qutab Enclave RWA, welcomed the order. He identified that his affiliation stood for many who had been dwelling within the society for many years and had been abruptly given notices with out correct listening to.
Gaurav Singla, a member of the RWA, lamented that the excessive courtroom had not gone deeply into their woes. Requested about some clear cases of additional storeys in buildings, notably on plots allotted for housing for the Economical Weaker Sections (EWS) in addition to commerical institutions arising in residential items, he stated: “We’re with them (Gurgaon authorities) on that and are in opposition to the EWS mannequin the place there are a number of unlawful tales.”
“Nevertheless, it’s a must to segregate them and can’t deem all of us legacy residents’ properties Unlawful and are available to demolish. We’re in opposition to these making business and liquor outlets on 60-yard plots. We’re in opposition to the harassment of outdated residents,” he added.
The affiliation is wanting ahead and getting ready to elucidate this at size to the courts, Singla added, saying they weren’t correctly afforded such a possibility to date.
