Lok Sabha Question No. 3322 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-20
Subject: Violation of Building by-laws and Land Use
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Ramvir Singh Bidhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3322

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 20, 2025

## VIOLATION OF BUILDING BY-LAWS AND LAND USE

## NO. 3322.  SHRI RAMVIR SINGH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of shops sealed in Delhi for violation of  building  bylaws  and  land  use  as  per  the  directions  of  the Monitoring Committee, area-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to de-seal the said shops; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  the  plan  formulated  by  the  Delhi  Development Authority (DDA) in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) As informed by the local bodies i.e. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) the details of the total number of shops sealed in Delhi for violation of building bylaws and land use are as under:

| Sl. No.                                             | Name of Zone                 | Name of Zone   | No. Properties/Units/Shops sealed   |
|-----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) 6. 7. 8. 9. | Rohini Zone                  |                | 460                                 |
| 2.                                                  | Narela Zone                  |                | 15                                  |
| 3.                                                  | Keshav Puram Zone            | 164            |                                     |
| 4.                                                  | Civil Line Zone              | 332            |                                     |
| 5.                                                  | City - S. P. Zone            |                | 215                                 |
| 1. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) 6. 7. 8. 9. | Karol Bagh Zone              |                | 1054                                |
| 1. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) 6. 7. 8. 9. | West Zone                    |                | 119                                 |
| 1. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) 6. 7. 8. 9. | Najafgarh Zone               |                | 309                                 |
| 1. Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) 6. 7. 8. 9. | South Zone                   | 658            |                                     |
| 10.                                                 | Central Zone                 | 677            |                                     |
| 11.                                                 | Shahdara (South) Zone        | 665            |                                     |
| 12.                                                 | Shahdara (North) Zone        | 274            |                                     |
| 13. New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)              | NDMC Area                    | 161            |                                     |
| 14. Delhi Development                               | Sanjay Nagar Mangolpur Delhi | Market, Kalan, | 145                                 |
| Authority (DDA) 15.                                 | Karkardooma Metro            | Station        | 10                                  |
| TOTAL                                               | TOTAL                        | TOTAL          | 5258                                |

(b) & (c) As informed by the concerned local bodies i.e. MCD, NDMC & DDA, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India [in the matter of WP(C) 4677/1985 titled as  M.  C.  Mehta  vs  Union  of  India]  has  empowered  the  Monitoring Committee for de-sealing of the premises sealed on the directions of that Monitoring Committee. Also, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has appointed a Judicial  Committee  to  hear  a  challenge  of  the  orders,  decisions  and recommendations of the Monitoring Committee.

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