{"id":62658,"date":"2025-08-19T05:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=62658"},"modified":"2025-08-19T05:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T05:21:40","slug":"jmc-enforcement-staff-deliberately-turning-a-nelsons-eye-to-ongoing-violated-construction-at-residential-plot-314-sector-1-channi-himmat-housing-board-colony-ward-50-owned-by-sumit-mahajan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/19\/jmc-enforcement-staff-deliberately-turning-a-nelsons-eye-to-ongoing-violated-construction-at-residential-plot-314-sector-1-channi-himmat-housing-board-colony-ward-50-owned-by-sumit-mahajan\/","title":{"rendered":"JMC enforcement staff deliberately turning a Nelson\u2019s eye to ongoing violated construction at residential plot 314, Sector-1, Channi Himmat Housing Board colony, Ward 50 owned by Sumit Mahajan S\/o Madan Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Owner contrary to approved site plan with the help of concerned enforcement staff has raised violated construction without maintaining setbacks by raising residential new ground floor more than 155.44 Sqm, residential new floor-1, 129.64 Sqm and residential new floor-2 , 129.64 Sqm against permitted new ground Floor-Residential 17.26 Sqm, new Floor 1-Residential 14.39 Sqm, new Floor 2-Residential 14.39 Sqm<\/li>\n<li>It is shocking to note that owner has deposited Rs 3683.00 dated 12-09-2024 which clearly proves unauthorized patronage to owner for raising violated construction and also raises question mark on approved site plan having serious loopholes and from onlook it doesn\u2019t seem residential construction<\/li>\n<li>The brazen disregard on part of JMC enforcement staff not only undermines the sanctity of law but also stokes public suspicion of collusion, favoritism, and corruption, thus putting a credibility mark on the JMC<\/li>\n<li>While enforcement staff of JMC is quick to take action against poor people for small violations of building bye-laws, it usually turns blind eye to rich and influential, who violate laws with impunity<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUnified Building Bye-laws 2021 and JMC Act 2000 were formed with a vision to plan holistic development for Jammu city for the coming generations. However, influential people use their influence and least bother about the laws<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ALSO READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/illegal-constructions-in-jmc-limits-a-persistent-problem\/\"> Illegal constructions in JMC limits: A persistent problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>JAMMU: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Official Website of Jammu Municipal Corporation\">Jammu Municipal Corporation<\/a> (JMC) enforcement staff has badly failed to ensure both residential and commercial constructions as per approved site plans in Channi Himmat <a href=\"https:\/\/jkhousingboard.jk.gov.in\/\">Housing Board<\/a> colony especially commercial constructions on residential plots after getting residential site plan approved from JMC quite rampant in Channi Himmat area with help of enforcement staff join hands with violators and don\u2019t report actual violations to JMC higher authorities well in time resulting in violated constructions reach advance stage. One such example is violated construction is going on at residential plot 314, Sector- 1, Channi Himmat Housing Board colony, Ward 50 owned by Sumit Mahajan S\/o Madan Gupta. It deserves mentioning here that Sumit Mahajan got approved residential site plan from JMC vide No.592\/JAC\/8B5\/2024-25 dated 13-9-2024. According to approved site plan, the owner was allowed new ground Floor-Residential 17.26 Sqm, new Floor 1-Residential 14.39 Sqm, new\u00a0 Floor 2-Residential 14.39 Sqm.The maximum height excluding mumty\/lift\/ up to ridge level whichever is applicable was fixed as\u00a0 9.80 mtr from the front road level . The FAR shall be ground+ two floors. The owner was mandatory to observe setbacks as Front 6.75 mtr, Rear 2.0 mtr, Side-I ,2.0 mtr. However, owner contrary to approved site plan with the help of concerned enforcement staff has raised violated construction without maintaining setbacks by raising residential new ground floor more than 155.44 Sqm, residential new floor-1, 129.64 Sqm and residential new floor-2 , 129.64 Sqm against permitted new ground Floor-Residential 17.26 Sqm, new Floor 1-Residential 14.39 Sqm, new Floor 2-Residential 14.39 Sqm.<\/p>\n<p>It is shocking to note that owner has deposited Rs 3683.00 dated 12-09-2024 which clearly proves unauthorized patronage to owner for raising violated construction and also raises question mark on approved site plan having serious loopholes and from onlook it doesn\u2019t seem residential construction which has been resented by aggrieved locals to take action against owner raising violated construction against approved residential site plan.<\/p>\n<p>The Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) enforcement staff has been accused of failing to ensure compliance with approved site plans in the Channi Himmat Housing Board colony. This has led to rampant violations, particularly in commercial constructions on residential plots. The enforcement staff has joined hands with violators, failing to report actual violations to JMC higher authorities in a timely manner. Many residential plot owners are constructing commercial buildings, despite having approved residential site plans.<\/p>\n<p>A specific example of violated construction is ongoing at residential plot 314, Sector-Channi Himmat Housing Board colony, Ward 50, owned by Sumit Mahajan.Sumit Mahajan had obtained approval for a residential site plan from JMC, which included specifications for a ground floor and two additional floors with specific setbacks.<\/p>\n<p>However, the owner has raised construction without maintaining the specified setbacks and appears to be constructing a commercial building, contrary to the approved residential plan. The aggrieved locals have raised objections to the violated construction and are demanding action against the owner. The violations are not only affecting the aesthetic appeal of the area but also potentially impacting property values and safety. The incident highlights the need for the JMC to take strict action against violators and ensure that the enforcement staff is held accountable for their failure to enforce building codes. The JMC should investigate these allegations and take necessary steps to prevent such violations in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Locals alleged that the enforcement staff has deliberately turned a Nelson\u2019s eye to the ongoing violations. They also said that leaving no setbacks and extending galleries over public road has led to congestion in the lane.While enforcement staff of the JMC is quick to take action against poor people for small violations of building bye-laws, it usually turns blind eye to rich and influential, who violate laws with impunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnified Building Bye-laws 2021 and JMC Act 2000 were formed with a vision to plan holistic development for Jammu city for the coming generations. However, influential people use their influence and least bother about the laws,\u201d said locals of the area, who pointed out to violations in the larger interest of common people.The local people have made a fervent appeal to the JMC Commissioner to pull up his enforcement staff and ensure action under law against the violators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Owner contrary to approved site plan with the help of concerned enforcement staff has raised violated construction without maintaining setbacks by raising residential new ground floor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62658","post","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62663,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62658\/revisions\/62663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}