News: Court Orders Status Quo on MCG Office in Sector 50-20-05-2026

A Gurugram court has stopped the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) from building further on a disputed structure in a Sector 50 society, where residents allege a ward councillor’s office is coming up illegally on land meant for a community centre.

In an order of May 16, additional district judge Yashwinder Paul Singh directed MCG to maintain status quo until the trial court decides the residents’ injunction plea. The judge noted that nothing on record showed approval from the Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) or the district town planner for change of land use or for the office building. Continued construction could cause "irreparable loss" to residents, and public money also needed protection, the court said.

The 2.099-acre plot is marked as a community centre in the sanctioned zoning plan of the township in Sectors 50 and 51. Court documents show the land belongs to the realty firm that developed the society, which gave MCG an NOC in 2022 to build a community centre after the colony was handed over. Ownership has not been transferred. MCG has only taken over maintenance. A senior DTCP official said the department wrote to MCG to stop work over zoning plan violations after complaints from the developer and residents.

MCG passed a tender in October 2025, estimated at Rs 50 lakh, for a two room ward committee office. Work began in February 2026.

The township’s RWA first went to a lower trial court this month, which told MCG to halt work pending submission of documents on May 22. Resident Rajeev Singhal alleged MCG carried on and dumped construction waste in common areas, including near a children’s play area, and said a police complaint was filed. MCG denied this. RWA member Manit Jaju said the developer had confirmed in writing that the land was approved as a community centre and that the NOC obtained in 2020 was for that purpose only.

MCG sub-divisional officer Manoj Ahlawat said the structure covered around 150 square yards and had the commissioner’s approval. Work was stopped as soon as residents and DTCP objected, he said, and he inspected the site on Tuesday. MCG will close the project and turn the partly built structure into a guard room so that the money is not wasted. The material in the open yard was for internal road work and the contractor would remove it by Wednesday, he added.

The district court has asked MCG for all clarifications. The lower court advanced its hearing to Tuesday from May 22.