Mayfield Gardens residents clueless about fate of property

Residents of Mayfield Gardens are clueless about the fate of their property after the department of town and country planning (DTCP) had announced that it was taking over the township from the builder.

According to the announcement, the DTCP announced that residents paying EMI or buying any property in Mayfield Garden colony must not pay the builder since the entire colony has been taken over by the government for all administrative purposes.

“Now we don’t know about the future of the property owners here. There is no information about what DTCP is doing for taking over the township,” said Cdr (retd) Dharamvir Yadav, RWA member.

The housing projects are in different stages of completion and at present over 15,000 residents are living in plotted houses. Most of the owners are paying EMI for the property but due to the embargo on the builder they are unable to register the property in their names.

After taking over the township, the department has put up public notices in over 23 sites of the colony about the cancellation of the licence and announcement of the takeover of the project for the general public.

The DTCP had cancelled the licence on account of non-payment of dues running into crores of rupees by the builders.

The licences were given for development of residential plotted colony (Mayfield Gardens) in Sectors 47, 50, 51, 52 and 57 in Gurgaon. The senior town planner, Gurgaon, R K Singh, said: “The department is still in the process of getting the bank details and other aspects of the project.”

When asked about how the residents would pay up their EMI for the property owned in the colony, Singh said: “The department is working on the details of the relevant procedures and the property owners will be informed about them,” said Singh.

It is for the first time that the DTCP had taken over a housing project from a builder and will now be controlling the entire progress of the project. The residents, meanwhile, are getting anxious over the uncertainties. “The DTCP must start working to improve the facilities in the township. At least roads can be constructed in the colony,” said a resident.