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The Planning Wing of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) sealed offices of management of an illegal housing society along Islamabad Expressway preventing sale and purchase and transfer of plots.
The planning wing of CDA already declare all phases of Ghouri Town housing society as illegal as neither layout plan (LoP) of this society was approved nor its management got any NoC.
CDA’s Director Regional Planning, Planning Wing, had issued a notification earlier this week, directing DC Islamabad and SHO Koral Police Station to seal the offices of the illicit housing society.
It said in view of the above, “competent authority has decided to seal the offices of Ghouri Town Management Zone-4, Islamabad, located in the building of Raja Ali Akbar and Company and Abdur Rehman Associates Arcade, eastern side, Islamabad Highway. It is therefore, requested to initiate legal proceedings to seal the said premises, on priority basis.”
Instead of sealing offices every year, CDA should fine the owner heavily and take over the entire illegal housing scheme.
After receiving the letter, the CDA magistrate sealed the main office of the scheme where sale purchase deeds were made by the society.
The CDA failed to stop development work in the society during the last one decade. Thousands of houses and commercial plazas have been constructed just because of the negligence of the CDA.
Last year, the CDA’s magistrate had sent Chaudhry Usman, the then chief executive (CE) of the scheme, to jail for three years for environment destruction. The magistrate had also imposed a fine of Rs1.5 billion on him and directed the society to plant trees worth Rs1 billion in the area.
The letter says the housing society’s management was already warned of its illegal activities but it continued sale and transfer of plots which forced the authority to take action.
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The offices of the housing society have been sealed for violation of the CDA Ordinance 1960, ICT Zoning Regulations 1992 and ICT Building Control Regulations 2020.
The CDA planning wing has also asked the PTCL, Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESCO) and Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGPL) not to provide their services in all phases of the private housing society.
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