<p>Facing allegations of wrongdoing in the recent flat allotment draw, the DDA is now planning to penalise successful applicants if they are found to have used unfair means.<br /><br />“If flat allottees are found to have given wrong information or addresses in applications, we will cancel their allotment,” said Delhi Development Authority Vice-Chairman Balvinder Kumar.</p>.<p>“We will also not refund their Rs 1 lakh or Rs 5,000 application money,” he said.<br />Following allegations of discrepancies in the result of the draw, the DDA has started scrutinising applications of the allottees of the over 25,000 flats. <br /><br />“All original applications (totalling over a million) have been sought from all the banks which accepted the forms and these will be scrutinised,” he said. <br /><br />“We want to find out whether mistakes crept in at the time of the punching in of data or if these were inadvertent mistakes committed by the applicants themselves,” he said. <br /><br />“Preliminary scrutiny has revealed that in some cases, the successful allottees’ names and father’s names are the same even when their application numbers, address, and PAN are different,” he added. <br /><br />“After scrutiny if it is found that allottees have deliberately given wrong information, then we will not return the token money,” said Neemo Dhar, director communication of the DDA. <br /><br />In the allotment list, several male names were found in the war widow category. <br />“The results of the draw are provisional as no documents were taken at the time of submission of application and the claims of applicants for reservation under various categories or otherwise were not verified,” she said, adding that due care would now be taken when the applicants are called for checking of papers. <br /><br />Right to Information applicant Rahul Gupta alleged that three members of a family and four consecutive application numbers were declared successful in the draw and alleged foul play. <br /><br />“In this case, consecutive numbers were 1145321, 1145322 and 1145323 whereas the randomised numbers given by computer were 759776, 613457 and 507478 for these applications. It is clear that the randomised numbers are quite far apart and are not consecutive,” said a DDA official, denying any lapses in the draw. <br /><br />The housing authority said the process of final allotment is slated to start in the second week of this month. The DDA will hold a camp for the successful applicants.<br />After scrutiny of documents, the successful applicants will be given the keys of their dream homes. </p>.<p>There are over 1,000 applicants in the waiting list.<br /><br />The draw of lots for the housing scheme 2014, deciding the fate of 10, 08,985 applications, was held on November 25.<br /><br />The scheme offered 25,040 flats across categories ranging between Rs 7 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore.</p>
<p>Facing allegations of wrongdoing in the recent flat allotment draw, the DDA is now planning to penalise successful applicants if they are found to have used unfair means.<br /><br />“If flat allottees are found to have given wrong information or addresses in applications, we will cancel their allotment,” said Delhi Development Authority Vice-Chairman Balvinder Kumar.</p>.<p>“We will also not refund their Rs 1 lakh or Rs 5,000 application money,” he said.<br />Following allegations of discrepancies in the result of the draw, the DDA has started scrutinising applications of the allottees of the over 25,000 flats. <br /><br />“All original applications (totalling over a million) have been sought from all the banks which accepted the forms and these will be scrutinised,” he said. <br /><br />“We want to find out whether mistakes crept in at the time of the punching in of data or if these were inadvertent mistakes committed by the applicants themselves,” he said. <br /><br />“Preliminary scrutiny has revealed that in some cases, the successful allottees’ names and father’s names are the same even when their application numbers, address, and PAN are different,” he added. <br /><br />“After scrutiny if it is found that allottees have deliberately given wrong information, then we will not return the token money,” said Neemo Dhar, director communication of the DDA. <br /><br />In the allotment list, several male names were found in the war widow category. <br />“The results of the draw are provisional as no documents were taken at the time of submission of application and the claims of applicants for reservation under various categories or otherwise were not verified,” she said, adding that due care would now be taken when the applicants are called for checking of papers. <br /><br />Right to Information applicant Rahul Gupta alleged that three members of a family and four consecutive application numbers were declared successful in the draw and alleged foul play. <br /><br />“In this case, consecutive numbers were 1145321, 1145322 and 1145323 whereas the randomised numbers given by computer were 759776, 613457 and 507478 for these applications. It is clear that the randomised numbers are quite far apart and are not consecutive,” said a DDA official, denying any lapses in the draw. <br /><br />The housing authority said the process of final allotment is slated to start in the second week of this month. The DDA will hold a camp for the successful applicants.<br />After scrutiny of documents, the successful applicants will be given the keys of their dream homes. </p>.<p>There are over 1,000 applicants in the waiting list.<br /><br />The draw of lots for the housing scheme 2014, deciding the fate of 10, 08,985 applications, was held on November 25.<br /><br />The scheme offered 25,040 flats across categories ranging between Rs 7 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore.</p>
