Haryana TCP department acts tough, bars IDC defaulters from new projects

CHANDIGARH: The Haryana town and country planning department has put 300 colonizers on notice
while barring them from floating new projects as well as giving extension to their existing projects on
account of default of clearing arrears of infrastructure development charges (IDC) pending against them.
According to information, to start with the department has targeted those whose default amount is Rs 20
crore or above and have applied for renewal of license or have fresh licenses for new projects.
The officials stated that a whopping sum of Rs 15,000 crore is outstanding against the builders as default
amount of non payment of IDC, which is a mandatory component of issuance of licenses. For the past
five years, the department has launched various amnesty schemes for them, but they have evoked a lukewarm response.

Enquires revealed that only a few have availed the scheme and the department could recover only Rs 1,100 crore so far and that too on the personal perusal by the field staff. As many as 300 builders, who
have been put on notice, include some major builders of NCR districts
of Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat, Jhajjar.
“This is an administrative exercise to bar them from fresh licenses as well as renewal of the existing ones,
Our schemes. which give them various relaxations, are in force for the past few years. Our main aim is to ensure that the outstanding arrears are cleared so that further development works could be carried out. We
are now firm on our stand,’’ said T L Satya Parkash, director general of town and country planning
department, Haryana.

The officials added that majority of those who have defaulted were those whose projects had been cleared
before 2014. Since the department had been lenient, hence, the default amount had piled up. Some of the
projects have been totally sold out or occupied, but are yet to get the occupation certificates.
As a result, the occupants or owners of dwelling units are deprived of basic amenities.