🔴 Regulatory probe finds approach carved through land forming part of an earlier sanctioned layout without mandatory amendment
🔴 Sanction contemplated 60 units, but approved drawing reflected six floors at places, pushing count to 90 and altering EWS-LIG calculations
🔴 Highly placed official sources point to additional scrutiny over architect credentials, affidavit, road width, parking and open-space disclosures
By : Akshay Lahre
RAIPUR/BILASPUR : A MULTI-STOREYED residential project of M/s Anant Realty at Ajgeya Nagar in Bilaspur has run into decisive regulatory action, with the Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Chhattisgarh, revoking its development permission after an inquiry found discrepancies in the sanctioned layout and approach-road arrangement.
Development Permission No. 1456, issued on June 25, 2025 to M/s Anant Realty, represented by partner Naman Goyal, has been revoked under Rule 25 of the Chhattisgarh Land Development Rules, 1984.
The proceedings stemmed from a proposal submitted by the Joint Director, Town and Country Planning, Bilaspur, seeking revocation of the permission. The applicant was called for hearing on July 31, 2026, but sought 15 additional days for submitting its reply and documents. Goyal appeared on August 7 and placed the firm’s explanation and records before the authorities. Clarification was also obtained from the Bilaspur regional office.
An inquiry committee subsequently examined the material and the applicant’s response on August 24. Its scrutiny centred on two significant issues that eventually became crucial to the revocation.
The first involved access to the project. The committee recorded that the land being used as an approach road was an integral part of a previously sanctioned layout rather than a conventional public road. Incorporating that land into the subsequent development required amendment of the earlier approved layout through the prescribed procedure. The committee found that such procedure had not been followed and rejected the explanation offered on this count.
A second discrepancy surfaced in the approved layout itself. The development permission envisaged 15 blocks, with four floors in each block and one unit on every floor, giving an aggregate of 60 units. However, the sanctioned drawing depicted six floors at certain places, effectively increasing the count to 90 units.
The order records that the variation also affected calculations pertaining to housing units for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and Lower Income Group (LIG).
Anant Realty maintained that the discrepancy resulted from a clerical numbering error committed by its consultant. The inquiry committee remained unconvinced, observing that the applicant had signed the layout before sanction and, therefore, bore responsibility for the contents of the approved drawing.
Highly placed official sources closely associated with the proceedings said the regulatory scrutiny had also thrown up allegations extending beyond the two deficiencies specifically detailed in the final order. These included questions concerning the credentials of an architect whose name was allegedly used during project-related processes and an affidavit concerning EWS/LIG obligations.
According to the sources, aspects relating to the stated width of the approach road, parking provisions and open-space particulars also came under scrutiny. They further alleged suppression or inaccurate representation of material information during the approval process. These assertions are based on information from officials familiar with the inquiry and are not all independently recorded as findings in the three-page final order.
After examining the replies, records and inquiry findings, the Directorate held that satisfactory explanations had not been furnished and conditions attached to the development permission had been violated. Acting upon the recommendation emanating from the Bilaspur office, it ordered revocation of the permission under Rule 25.
Copies of the final order have been forwarded to the Housing and Environment Department, Bilaspur Collector, Municipal Commissioner, Chhattisgarh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (CG RERA), Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), Joint Director, Town and Country Planning, and Deputy Registrar, Bilaspur, besides other concerned authorities for information and necessary action.
The revocation brings the regulatory status of the Ajgeya Nagar project under a fresh spotlight, with the operative order now formally withdrawing the development permission granted in June 2025.
