Around 1,200 properties have been registered in Gurugram without the mandatory ‘no-objection certificate’ from the department of town and country planning (DTP) and MCG during the lockdown period. This was revealed after a complaint filed by RTI activist Ramesh Yadav at district revenue office (DRO) on June 10, 2020.
According to Yadav, in April and May this year, around 1,200 properties were registered at seven tehsil offices across Gurugram. These unauthorised registries were done in several illegal colonies in the city, including Chauma village. Chauma village falls within the radius of 900 meters, where the registry is closed due to the Supreme Court order.
Besides this, 74 illegal registries were registered in Sohna tehsil, 2 in wazirabad, 20 in Kadipur and Harsuru tehsil and 30 in Badshahpur tehsil.
These colonies fall under seven tehsils of the district — Gurugram including Kadipur, Wazirabad, Gurugram, Harsuru, Badshahpur and Sohna. And these were all carved out on agricultural land and violation of section 7-A of the Haryana Development and Regulation Areas act. Sources said by exploiting the loopholes in the system, property dealers carve out illegal colonies on agricultural land and then sell the same. They also get these properties registered through the nexus in tehsil offices.
“These officials hatched a conspiracy for their own benefit and caused loss to the state exchequer. They took Rs 1 lakh to 1.5 lakh for each registry. Following a court’s order a case of corruption was registered against Dalbir Singh naib tehsildar of sohna tehsil earlier in February,” Yadav said.
