Gurugram, June 29: Thousands of residents and tenants across Gurugram face potential disruptions as local planning authorities prepare to resume a major structural compliance drive. The upcoming enforcement push follows an extensive department audit that flagged over 4,500 properties for zoning and building code deviations across DLF Phases I to V. According to official data compiled by the Town and Country Planning Department, nearly 60 per cent of all residential plots in these colonies show some form of planning variance.
The department is currently observing a brief pause in field operations but plans to initiate comprehensive corrective measures early next month. District Town Planner (Enforcement) Amit Madholia declared that the administration is committed to ensuring full adherence to established urban planning norms across all residential categories.
“There is zero tolerance to building violations,” Madholia maintained, while confirming that the specialized enforcement teams will resume their field responsibilities right after June 30.
The audit documentation reveals that structural deviations are particularly concentrated in DLF Phase III, which accounts for nearly 60 per cent of the flagged instances. This high concentration prompted the enforcement wing to center its recent demolition and sealing resources within that locality. The most frequent infractions involve illegal rooms constructed within stilt parking levels, alongside covered architectural cut-outs and modified setbacks. These structural challenges come at a time when the policy on stilt-plus-four housing remains under judicial consideration by the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Commercialization of residential zones forms another major component of the department’s findings. In DLF Phase II, specific hospitality setups along major thoroughfares like Jacranda Marg, Akashneem Marg, and Dakshin Marg have been identified in government records, with Windsor Castle, Ahuja Residency, and Stepstone Hotel named among the properties. The shift is also visible in affordable housing zones, where EWS plots across multiple sectors have been adapted for commercial use as paying guest facilities, saloons, and cloud kitchens, with operations like Hotel Orange Inn and Q-Stays included in the survey.
The scope of the non-compliance could be wider than the primary figures suggest, given that the department frequently grouped five or six distinct plots under single consolidated entries. While local Resident Welfare Associations have expressed caution, noting that past enforcement efforts sometimes lost momentum after a few prominent actions, the sheer volume of the newly compiled list presents a significant test for administrative consistency in the coming months.
