All You Need To Know About DDA's Rohini Residential Scheme 1981

Among the many schemes launched by the DDA, one of the most talked about and delayed is the Rohini Residential Scheme-1981.

In a recent development, the DDA brought relief to the applicants of the scheme by proposing a relaxation in the allotment norm which hinged on the size or nature of a plot or flat owned by the applicants. The decision was taken during a meeting of the urban body chaired by Lt. Gov. Anil Baijal, also the chairman of DDA. This proposal will soon be sent to the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs for approval.

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According to the scheme, earlier applicants who individually or jointly owned plots or land sizing less than 65 square metres (sqm) were eligible for the allotment. However, those who owned a house or plot allotted by the DDA on an area of even less than 65 sqm were not eligible. "The registrants, whose applications were cancelled due to the norm earlier, would now become eligible for allotment. So, a fresh draw would have to be undertaken for these cases,” a senior DDA official said.

Here's all you need to know about the Rohini Residential Scheme-1981:

• The scheme was launched by the DDA on February 9, 1981 calling for applicants.
• Under the scheme, residential plots were to be allotted to the selected applicants in phases over five years, starting from the last day of receipt of applications.
• Under the scheme, plots to be allotted were of different sizes – 90 & 60 sqm (Middle-Income Group or MIG); 48 & 32 sqm (Low-Income Group or LIG); and 26 sqm (Janta).
• According to the brochure released by the DDA for the scheme in 1981, the rate of the MIG plots (both sizes) was Rs 200 per sqm; for LIG flats Rs 150 per sqm (48 sqm) and Rs 125 sqm (32 sqm); and for Janta plots Rs 100 per sqm. Though the brochure read that these rates are subject to revision from time to time.
• While there were no draws held and no plots allotted until 1986, the DDA assigned priority numbers to the selected allottees in 1989.
• It was in 2015, 34 years after the scheme was announced, that the first set of 11,000 plots were allotted. There are 25,500 allottees under the scheme.
• The Supreme Court, in 2015, had asked the DDA to allot plots to the remaining 14,500 by July 31, 2016. This deadline was not met and in early 2017, the DDA asked for a year's time to complete the process.
• The DDA acquired land to allot plots in the sectors 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 in 2006-07, but couldn't develop due to resistance from Barwala villagers. "On account of certain acquisition/compensation issues raised by the villagers of Barwala, the work of providing basic amenities/services in sectors 34 (pocket C5, C6, and A4) 35, 36, 37 and 38 was held up. Consequent to the Supreme Court's direction, the development work of these sectors has since been recommended and would take a year to get completed," a public notice by the DDA read.

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