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CDA Probes D-13, E-13 and F-13 Plot Allotments Over Communal Land Claims
By Mariam Khan
Real Estate Analyst
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By Mariam Khan
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By Mariam Khan
Real Estate Analyst
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The Capital Development Authority has ordered a fact finding inquiry into claims that plots were allotted against unacquired communal land in Sectors D-13, E-13, and F-13, with the Land Directorate directed to produce the complete record of all relevant allotments in these sectors. A committee headed by Member Estate has been formed to examine the allocations, and CDA has restricted further transfers of the plots currently under scrutiny, with an official public notice regarding the plots of these three sectors now listed on the authority's own website.
More than 360 plots across these three sectors were recently allocated through balloting conducted under former Director Land and Deputy Director Land and Rehabilitation officials. According to information circulating around the inquiry, some cases were reportedly processed for plot allocation even though the underlying land claims of certain applicants had not been fully settled at the time, which is the specific issue this inquiry has been ordered to establish.
CDA's own Estate Wing, the directorate responsible for all matters relating to allotment and transfer of plots and property under the Land Disposal Regulations, has specifically listed initiation of Built Up Property Awards for D-13 and E-13, alongside finalisation of C-13, among its stated current priorities, confirming these sectors remain an active, ongoing focus of the authority's own land settlement work rather than a closed or historic matter. The Estate Wing separately lists settlement of claims in the related land sharing sectors of C-14, C-15, and C-16 among its priorities, reflecting the broader cluster of sectors originally acquired under the same 2008 land sharing arrangement.
These sectors were originally acquired by CDA in 2008 on a land sharing basis, a compensation structure under which original landowners were entitled to receive alternative plots in exchange for land taken for the sectors' development, rather than, or alongside, cash compensation. This land sharing structure is directly relevant to the current inquiry's focus, since it is precisely the process of verifying which claimants genuinely held settled, valid land entitlements before receiving compensatory plots that appears to be where this month's alleged irregularities occurred.
Beyond the current allotment inquiry, D-13, E-13, and F-13 have also experienced a broader, longer pattern of stalled development. Little meaningful development has taken place across this land sharing sector group since the original 2008 acquisition beyond partial work in the related C-15 and C-16 sectors, and balloting for allotment letters in F-13, D-13, and E-13 has been announced and postponed multiple times over the years, according to CDA's own stated priorities for the Estate Wing referenced above, which continue to list these same sectors' Built Up Property Awards as unfinished, ongoing work more than a decade and a half after the original land acquisition.
No wrongdoing has yet been formally established as a result of this specific inquiry, and CDA's fact finding process remains at an early stage, with the Land Directorate still compiling the requested allotment records for the Member Estate led committee's review. Given the sectors' documented, ongoing history of unresolved Built Up Property Awards and repeatedly postponed balloting, this inquiry sits within a genuinely long running pattern of administrative complexity in this specific sector group, though its ultimate findings and any resulting action remain to be seen.
Anyone holding, considering purchasing, or otherwise interested in a plot within D-13, E-13, or F-13 should treat this inquiry as a direct prompt to independently verify their specific plot's allotment history and land compensation record with CDA before taking any further action, particularly given transfers on plots under scrutiny have already been restricted. Given this sector group's documented pattern of delayed Built Up Property Awards, postponed balloting, and now a formal inquiry into land claim verification, buyers evaluating any plot here should apply a genuinely elevated level of due diligence compared to more established Islamabad sectors, specifically requesting documented proof of how a plot's original claim was verified and settled directly from CDA's Estate Wing, rather than relying on a balloting result or possession letter alone as sufficient confirmation of clean title.
The Capital Development Authority has ordered a fact finding inquiry into claims that plots were allotted against unacquired communal land in Sectors D-13, E-13, and F-13, with the Land Directorate directed to produce the complete record of all relevant allotments in these sectors. A committee headed by Member Estate has been formed to examine the allocations, and CDA has restricted further transfers of the plots currently under scrutiny, with an official public notice regarding the plots of these three sectors now listed on the authority's own website.
More than 360 plots across these three sectors were recently allocated through balloting conducted under former Director Land and Deputy Director Land and Rehabilitation officials. According to information circulating around the inquiry, some cases were reportedly processed for plot allocation even though the underlying land claims of certain applicants had not been fully settled at the time, which is the specific issue this inquiry has been ordered to establish.
CDA's own Estate Wing, the directorate responsible for all matters relating to allotment and transfer of plots and property under the Land Disposal Regulations, has specifically listed initiation of Built Up Property Awards for D-13 and E-13, alongside finalisation of C-13, among its stated current priorities, confirming these sectors remain an active, ongoing focus of the authority's own land settlement work rather than a closed or historic matter. The Estate Wing separately lists settlement of claims in the related land sharing sectors of C-14, C-15, and C-16 among its priorities, reflecting the broader cluster of sectors originally acquired under the same 2008 land sharing arrangement.
These sectors were originally acquired by CDA in 2008 on a land sharing basis, a compensation structure under which original landowners were entitled to receive alternative plots in exchange for land taken for the sectors' development, rather than, or alongside, cash compensation. This land sharing structure is directly relevant to the current inquiry's focus, since it is precisely the process of verifying which claimants genuinely held settled, valid land entitlements before receiving compensatory plots that appears to be where this month's alleged irregularities occurred.
Beyond the current allotment inquiry, D-13, E-13, and F-13 have also experienced a broader, longer pattern of stalled development. Little meaningful development has taken place across this land sharing sector group since the original 2008 acquisition beyond partial work in the related C-15 and C-16 sectors, and balloting for allotment letters in F-13, D-13, and E-13 has been announced and postponed multiple times over the years, according to CDA's own stated priorities for the Estate Wing referenced above, which continue to list these same sectors' Built Up Property Awards as unfinished, ongoing work more than a decade and a half after the original land acquisition.
No wrongdoing has yet been formally established as a result of this specific inquiry, and CDA's fact finding process remains at an early stage, with the Land Directorate still compiling the requested allotment records for the Member Estate led committee's review. Given the sectors' documented, ongoing history of unresolved Built Up Property Awards and repeatedly postponed balloting, this inquiry sits within a genuinely long running pattern of administrative complexity in this specific sector group, though its ultimate findings and any resulting action remain to be seen.
Anyone holding, considering purchasing, or otherwise interested in a plot within D-13, E-13, or F-13 should treat this inquiry as a direct prompt to independently verify their specific plot's allotment history and land compensation record with CDA before taking any further action, particularly given transfers on plots under scrutiny have already been restricted. Given this sector group's documented pattern of delayed Built Up Property Awards, postponed balloting, and now a formal inquiry into land claim verification, buyers evaluating any plot here should apply a genuinely elevated level of due diligence compared to more established Islamabad sectors, specifically requesting documented proof of how a plot's original claim was verified and settled directly from CDA's Estate Wing, rather than relying on a balloting result or possession letter alone as sufficient confirmation of clean title.
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