Problems in HUDA draw Sector-52, Gurgaon

Not everything is well in HUDA Gurgaon. 
This time also HUDA has proved that it is in state of total disarray. HUDA has been managing 
 managing HUDA sector
Suspecting irregularities in the recent allotment of plots in Sector 52, the HUDA administrator, Praveen Kumar, has stalled the proceedings of 38 applicants.

HUDA had carried out the allotment process for 157 plots to applicants whose previous allotments had run into legal hassles. The allotment process took place on June 6.

Last week, HUDA officials dug out records and found discrepancies in the actual plots available and the plots allotted. Out of the 157 plots which were allotted, 38 had encroachments and should not have been included in the list of available plots.

Stumbling upon the goof, the HUDA administrator has now issued specific orders to freeze transactions of the 38 allotments and conduct a probe into the irregularities.

"This is a serious oversight which needs to be probed. It appears that the records of plots were tampered with and there was a deliberate attempt to include the plots which were not cleared for allotment," said Kumar.

HUDA has now decided that the possession of plots will not be given and no building plans will be cleared till the investigation gets over. All the records and files relating to the allotment have been seized.

As per policy, the Estate Office II should not have included the plots having encroachments but it did not happen and the residents were allotted such plots, said Kumar.

The detection of the discrepancies has saved HUDA from a major embarrassment and the possible litigation.

"If the allotment of the excess number of plots had gone unnoticed, then the plot owners would have dragged HUDA to court," said another HUDA official.

The departmental probe will also fix the responsibility of the officials for knowingly including the plots which had encroachments.