Housing society sealed in Karnal for not paying dues

Tribune News Service

Karnal, July 22

The Karnal Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday sealed JD Green, a group housing society, for allegedly not depositing external development charges (EDC) and infrastructure development charges (IDC) amounting to more than Rs 30 crore with the government. The KMC initiated the action on the directions of the Director, Urban Local Bodies, and the Deputy Commissioner.

Last month, the Director had issued directions for a legal action against the group housing society and illegal construction adjacent to it.

Mohan Singh, District Town Planner (DTP) of the KMC; Hawa Singh, Naib Tehsildar; Baljeet Singh, SHO Sadar; along with a heavy police force reached the Phoosgarh road to seal the housing society.

Mohan Singh said that the JD Green group housing society had outstanding dues of more than Rs 30 crore in the form of EDC and IDC, which it had not paid for the last several months.

Besides, an unauthorised construction measuring 8,077 sq mt over 1.46 acres of the group housing society had been raised without getting the building plan approved, he said. The site of the housing society had been illegally transferred to another company without obtaining the prior approval of the department or the government. A temple had been constructed on some economically-weaker section (EWS) category plots.

Both housing society directors Raj Kumar Juneja and Inderjeet Dhamija could not be contacted for their views despite several attempts.