DTCP to take over OSB The Venetian land in Gurugram after licence cancellation

The Haryana town planning department is taking possession of the 5.10-acre OSB The Venetian affordable housing project in Sector 70, Gurugram, nearly three weeks after cancelling the project licence. The move includes public notices, registration restrictions and a 15-day window for allottees to sub

GURUGRAM: Nearly three weeks after cancelling the licence of a housing project in the city, the department of town and country planning (DTCP) is set to take possession of the land.

DTCP will also prevent any sale or lease transactions in the 5.10-acre affordable group housing project — OSB The Venetian — in Sector 70 besides restricting the creation of third-party rights. Third-party rights allow a person or entity who is not an original signer of a contract to enforce specific terms or receive benefits from it.

Earlier, prolonged construction delays and regulatory violations had been cited as the reasons for the cancellation of the project. The project licence had been granted in Sept 2019 to a group of landowners in collaboration with Ocean Seven Buildtech for development of the colony.

In a letter to the deputy commissioner, the senior town planner has sought coordinated action by the district administration, revenue officials and town planning authorities following the cancellation of the licence of 2019. The letter also directs officials to put up a public notice board at the site and publish a notice in newspapers to alert the general public and prospective buyers about the status of the project.

The sub-registrar at Badshahpur has also been asked not to register any sale or lease deed involving the licensed land without prior permission from DTCP, Haryana. The department has sought red entries in the revenue records against each of the relevant khasra numbers, recording the cancellation of the licence and stating that the land vests with DTCP, Haryana.

Another key direction is to take possession of the land and hand it over to the district town planner. The senior town planner has asked the DC to coordinate with the district town planner for taking over the property. The department has gone a step further by specifically advising members of the public and allottees not to pay any further amount to the coloniser or indulge in any sale, purchase or transaction in the cancelled project.

Those who may already have purchased a unit or land in the project have been asked to submit details of their property or purchase, along with copies of receipts showing payments made to the coloniser, to the office of the senior town planner. The information has to be submitted within 15 days of publication of the public notice. The senior town planner’s letter was issued with reference to director, town and country planning’s Aug 7 order cancelling the licence, with the stated reasons contained in that order.