Weary of the ongoing controversy over the apartments at the Commonwealth Games Village, flat-owners have now moved the Delhi High Court seeking the court’s intervention to secure control of their properties “at the earliest”.
Accusing the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and developer Emaar MGF of acting in an “unfair, non-transparent and surreptitious manner”, a group comprising the flat-owners — CWG Village Allottees’ Welfare Association — have filed a petition, calling for judicial orders to the agencies to sort out all impending issues and hand the flats over to them after carrying out repairs. The petition also sought a direction to the DDA to grant a completion certificate at the earliest and hand over possession to the members within a specified time-frame at no extra cost.
On Friday, the court admitted the petition and issued notices to the DDA, Emaar, Lieutenant Governor and the ministries of Urban Development and Sports, seeking their response by August 23.
The owners also submitted that they were not allowed to enter the Village and inspect the condition of their flats. At this, Justice G S Sistani said: “The owners have complained about waterlogging and non-maintenance of the flats... They should, with reasonable conditions, be allowed to inspect their flats. Let them submit representations with the DDA, which would accordingly entertain their requests.”
The petition, attaching a list of 84 members, cited several communications between the owners and the DDA, besides RTI queries on the deadline for the handover of the flats to Emaar for subsequent transfer to the owners.
Pleading that court should appoint an independent expert committee to measure adherence to safety and quality standards in the construction of the apartments, the petition commented on the feud between the DDA and Emaar over the latter allegedly constructing extra dwelling units without sanction.
“The conduct of all the respondents evidently reflects lack of sensitivity towards the buyers. It is incomprehensible how the DDA suddenly discovered that four towers had come up under its nose without it being aware of the same during the construction...,” it stated.
The petition asked for a court order to immediately resolve the defects. “It appears that both DDA and Emaar are shirking their responsibility to speedily and effectively rectify the said infirmities and are instead blaming each other. Moreover, due to neglect, the condition of the entire complex is getting worse...,” the petition stated.
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