The Pioneer 24.11.2010
Three guest houses sealed in PaharganjStaff Reporter | New Delhi
As the guest house owners in Paharganj area did not pay heed to the notices issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the civic body on Tuesday started taking punitive action against them. A team of MCD officials sealed three guest houses in the area, which had not applied for renewal of licenses despite the warning of the corporation or being run without requisite permission.
A senior MCD official also said the corporation has decided to send showcause notices to other guest house or hotel owners in other 11 zones.
According to the official, there are as many as 958 such guest houses or hotels in 12 zones. “Out of which 825 properties have provisional licenses and only 133 have regular licenses. Till October 2010, only two applications for new license and total eight applications for renewal of permits were received, which are under process,” he said.
MCD Press and Information Director Deep Chand Mathur said the corporation on Tuesday carried out sealing action in three guest houses in Paharganj area with the help of local police. “Prior to sealing, these guest houses got vacated. The sealing closed the entry and exit of the properties. The sealing was ordered by the Deputy Commissioner, Sadar Pahar Ganj Zone on ground of misuse of property under MPD-2021 and violation of directions issued by the Supreme Court,” he said.
He further added the MCD had issued notices to the above mentioned guest houses or hotels, including 18 other, on November 18 to show cause within 48 hours regarding the status of built up structure on their properties presently being used for such commercial activities. “The action against the remaining guest houses or hotels will continue to be taken on case to case basis. These properties were sealed on Tuesday as they failed to produce any document in their support.
“As per MCD records, it was found a few of them (which were issued notices) had not got their building plans sanctioned or any regularisation plan or they were not registered under the Special Area Provisions of MPD-2021. Besides these, some of them, made certain additions/alterations in their structures without due sanction and approval from the local body as required under the DMC Act,” said the MCD official.
