1,200 house owners get sealing notice

Source :CHANDIGARH:Manveer Saini, TNN, Sep 21, 2010, 02.25am IST






 Around 1,200 owners of houses built by private colonisers in Gurgaon have got sealing notices from Haryana's Town and Country Planning department for failing to procure occupancy certificates (OC). 


The owners are now stuck in a limbo. On Monday, many of them were seen running around with papers to get the formalities completed. 


Alleging lack of monitoring on government's part, the owners accused the builders of harassment by not informing them about the occupancy certificates. 


We just fail to understand as to what stops the government in giving a time-frame for the builders to get the OCs for the housing units carved out by them. Now, since builder has already sold out his units and has made profit, they dont have any interest. 


Had they issued the guidelines on time, we would not have faced such problems, said R S Rathee, President of Gurgaon Citizen Council (GCC). 


Let somebody from the government come forward and narrate even a single policy favoring the allotees, said Rathee. 


T C Gupta, director of Town and Country Planning department, denied any favors being done to licensees while framing the policies. 


The policies are framed while keeping in view the requirements of common man. We know the allotees will be harassed by the colonizers so we have asked them to apply directly to us. Gupta said.


And if they have any problem, allotees are free to approach us at headquarters here, added Gupta. Gurgaon has 70,000 occupants of house made by 150 private colonisers.