Gurugram: Owner booked for flouting building norms

GURUGRAM: The department of town and country planning (DTCP) has got an FIR registered
against the owner of a plot in Palam Vihar for allegedly violating building norms. The developer,
the architect and the buyers of illegal flats constructed on the plot have also been booked for the
same offence.
As per the Haryana Building Code, a maximum of four floors with one dwelling unit each on one
floor can be constructed. In this case, officials said, the developer constructed multiple dwelling
units on each floor and sold it to different people. In July last year, the DTCP revoked the
occupation certificate (OC) granted to the building.
In fact, the matter came to light last year when the DTCP received a complaint about the
construction of a residential tower on a 1,000 sq yard residential plot (number 1340) in Block B
of Palam Vihar.
“During site inspection, it was found that the owner has sub-divided each floor into multiple
dwelling units (more than one dwelling unit on each floor), which is in gross violation of the
norms,” said DTP (enforcement) RS Batth. “Earlier we withdrew the OC of the building, and now
a case has been registered against the plot owner, the architect and the flat owners at the
Palam Vihar police station.”
The developer is also accused of making additional construction after getting the OC from the
department, officials said.
The building plan of the residential plot was approved, allowing only stilt and four floors with a
maximum of four units — one unit on each floor. As per the Haryana Building Code, 2017,
“dwelling unit” means a building or a part thereof which is used or is intended to be used by a
person or family for habitation consisting of kitchen, toilet and rooms.
In this case, officials said, the owner and the developer of the building constructed floors with
multiple dwelling units on each floor and there was some illegal construction too