CHANDIGARH: If you are looking forward to purchasing a fourth floor in a ‘
Stilt Plus Four
’ building constructed on the residential plot, make sure that the floor was not constructed post February 23, 2023, when the state government had imposed a
ban on construction
of such buildings. The district town planner (Planning) Gurgaon has made it clear that such floors will not be registered in sale-purchase of property and may be demolished.
“The house owners are advised to restore all such unauthorized construction to its original position and also ensure that no
sale/purchase
of said units on the
4th floor
is undertaken by them.
Any breach in implementation of the aforesaid government order shall invite immediate revocation/cancellation of occupation Certificate and disciplinary action against the defaulting owner/architect/all stakeholders,” says the DTP in its recent communication released on May 19.
The DTP has also notified to the general public as well as all the practicing architects that no Occupation Certificate (OC) should be issued for such building where Building Plan has not been approved for 4th floor and shall ensure that all the Occupation Certificates are in accordance to the guidelines issued by the department of town and country planning Haryana on February 23, 2023 and other applicable norms of Haryana Building Code-2017.
On February 23, 2023, the Haryana government had decided to impose a ban on approval and construction of Stilt plus four floors on residential plots. A formal order in this regard was passed by the Director General, Town and Country Planning Department, Haryana. However, the department had noticed that even after the imposition of this ban, Occupation Certificates have been issued by some architects where the Building Plan for the 4th floor was not sanctioned before the imposition of this ban.
The fresh clarification has been issued by the DTP Gurgaon in pursuance to the previous directed dated May 3 issued by the director of the Town and Country Planning department Haryana.
In its May 3 directions, the department had made it clear that legal action shall be taken against all such Occupation Certificates where OC has been issued for 4th floor without building plan sanctioned before February 23, 2023. It was also clarified that immediate action to ensure restoration of such construction to its original position.
Blacklisting of all such Architects for having taken action in violation of the orders of the State Government was also mentioned in the previous notice. The department had also made it clear that the Council of Architecture would be requested for taking penal action against all such architects under intimation to the department.
Sources in the department confirmed that such clarification issued by DTP Gurgaon is also applicable to all such buildings constructed in other parts of the state post February 2023.
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