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Ahmedabad body now permits development in Gokuldham agri zone

AHMEDABAD: Twelve years after the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) approved the layout for Gokuldham township, the authority’s chairman has been empowered to issue development and revised development permissions for the agricultural land within the township. A dispute surfaced in April 2014, resulting in a halt to these permissions. The township covers over 10 lakh square meters in Sanand taluka, adjacent to Ahmedabad city. On October 8, 2002, Auda authorized the comprehensive layout plan for Gokuldham, which spans more than 50 hectares of land under the General Development Control Regulations of that time. Permissible specifications included an FSI of 1.2,…

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Gujarat HC: Society NOCs Required Despite Civic Body Approval

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court has put a stop to the construction of a ten-storey building in Vadodara, ruling that it was built without the necessary No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the cooperative housing society and violated its bylaws, despite the approval granted by civic authorities. The controversy involves the 60-year-old Alka Co-operative Housing Society Ltd, where owners of four plots began construction in 2024 after receiving a development permit from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC). The society raised objections, asserting that the construction encroached on its road and breached bylaws that designated plots for residential use only. The society…