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The Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi exempts an area of 16.06 hectare from the maximum one hectare limitation under Section 9 sub-section (3) of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, for the Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023.

Detailed Summary

This notification, issued by the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Forests and Wildlife, on August 18, 2026 (F. No.31378/WFD/COT/2025-26/7380), addresses an application (ID No. 31378) received by the Tree Officer (West Forest Division) from Sh. Sunil Kumar Jha, representing NBCC(India) Limited. The application sought permission under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 (DPTA, 1994, Delhi Act 11 of 1994) for the transplantation or felling of 1877 trees (revised from 1928) for the Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023, spanning an area of 16.06 hectare. The Tree Officer requested an exemption under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, from the applicability of the maximum one-hectare area limitation for such applications under Section 9 sub-section (3) of the DPTA, 1994. In response, the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, exercising powers under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, has exempted the 16.06 hectare area (as detailed in Annexure – A) in public interest from the said limitation. This notification explicitly states that it is solely for area exemption and does not grant permission for tree transplantation or felling. Any such application will be independently scrutinized by the Tree Officer (West Forest Division) under the DPTA, 1994, the Delhi Preservation of Trees Rules, 1996, and other relevant guidelines and court orders, with a focus on minimizing the number of affected trees. The exempted area of 16.06 hectares is defined within an Outer Boundary Area of 16.5449 hectares, which also includes a Non-Exempted Area of 0.4849 hectares, with precise coordinates specified using WGS-84, UTM-43.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Delhi Gazette SG-DL-E-21082026-275647 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 242] DELHI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2026/SHRAVAN 27, 1948 [N.C.T.D. No. 176 PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND WILDLIFE NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 18th August, 2026 F. No.31378/WFD/COT/2025-26/7380.—WHEREAS, an application ID No. 31378 on DPTA e- Forest portal was received by the Tree Officer (West Forest Division) from the Sh. Sunil Kumar Jha, NBCC(India) limited, Redevelopment of Netaji Nagar, D-11/A-2497, Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023 for seeking permission under the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 (Delhi Act 11 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as DPTA, 1994) for transplantation / felling of 1877 (revised from 1928) number of trees for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi- 110023 in an area of 16.06 hectare. AND WHEREAS, the Tree Officer (West Forest Division) after due application of mind, has sought exemption in respect of 16.06 hectare area (as per details in Annexure – A) under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994 from applicability of Section 9 sub-section (3) of the DPTA, 1994, in view of limitation of maximum one hectare area for considering application of tree transplantation / felling by the Tree Officer in Section 9 sub-section (3) of the DPTA, 1994. THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, the Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, hereby, in public interest, exempts an area of 16.06 hectare (as perdetails in Annexure – A), from the limitation of maximum one hectare area under sub-section (3) of Section 9 of the said Act for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023 with the following conditions:- 1) This notification is being issued under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994 only to exempt the 16.06 hectare area (as per details in Annexure – A) from the limitation of maximum one hectare area under sub- section (3) of Section 9 of the DPTA, 1994 for the Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023 as sought by the Tree Officer. 2) This notification for exemption under Section 29 of the DPTA, 1994, in any case, shall not be considered as permission for transplantation / felling of trees under the DPTA, 1994. 3) The application for transplantation / felling of tress shall be considered and scrutinized independently and separately by the Tree Officer (West Forest Division) under the provisions of the DPTA, 1994, the Delhi Preservation of Trees Rules, 1996, relevant guidelines, directions issued in this regard and all relevant court orders with due application of mind minimizing the number of affected trees to be transplanted / felled from within the exempted area. By Order and in the Name of Lt. Governor of National Capital Territory of Delhi, VIJAY KUMAR BIDHURI, Secy. Annexure- A Boundary details of the area exempted U/S 29 from limitation of max 1 ha area U/S 9 (3) of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994, for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023. Outer Boundary Area (O.Β.Α) = 16.5449 Ha. Exempted Area = 16.06 ha Not Exempted Area (Ν.Ε.Α) - 0.4849 Ha. LEGEND:- +---------------------------+-----------+ | Project Area (Exempted) | | +---------------------------+-----------+ | Not Exempted Area | | +---------------------------+-----------+ | Coordinate No. | 00 | +---------------------------+-----------+ | Points | X | +---------------------------+-----------+ | Dimension | 100.00m | +---------------------------+-----------+ | Area Exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 | E.A | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Outer boundary of area, which is exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 | Ο.Β.Α | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Boundary of area, which is not included in exempted area U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 | Ν.Ε.Α | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | E.A (16.06 Hac) = O.B.A (16.5449 Hac) - Ν.Ε.Α (0.4849 Hac). | | +---------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ Boundary Details of the Area Exempted under Section 29 of Delhi Preservation of Trees Act, 1994 for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023 +-------------------------------+-----------+-------------------+ | Area Exempted U/S 29 of DPТА, 1994 | Ε.Α | (Exempted | | | | Area) | +-------------------------------+-----------+-------------------+ | Outer boundary of area, which is exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 | Ο.Β.Α | (Outer | | | | Boundary Area) | +-------------------------------+-----------+-------------------+ | Boundary of area, which is not included in exempted area U/S 29 of DPTА, 1994 | Ν.Ε.Α | (Non-Exempted | | | | Area) | +-------------------------------+-----------+-------------------+ E.A (16.06Hac) = О.В.А (16.5449Hac) – Ν.Ε.Α (0.4849Нас). As per the details ofthe area, for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023, the outer boundary (O.B.A) contains the area exempted (E.A) U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 withinwhich there is Non-Exempted area (N.E.A) not included in the exempted area. Coordinates of outer boundary of area* (O.B.A) which is exempted U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi- 110023. +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | S.NO. | NORTHING | EASTING | LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | +=======+=============+=============+========================+========================+ | 1 | 3162488.849 | 713743.304 | 28° 34' 18.2393" N | 77° 11' 06.9143" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 2 | 3162513.599 | 713770.201 | 28° 34' 19.0270" N | 77° 11' 07.9203" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 3 | 3162530.168 | 713793.412 | 28° 34' 19.5513" N | 77° 11' 08.7852" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 4 | 3162544.315 | 713818.67 | 28° 34' 19.9957" N | 77° 11' 09.7238" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 5 | 3162553.136 | 713838.762 | 28° 34' 20.2702" N | 77° 11' 10.4688" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 6 | 3162560.465 | 713860.247 | 28° 34' 20.4954" N | 77° 11' 11.2640" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 7 | 3162565.297 | 713879.318 | 28° 34' 20.6410" N | 77° 11' 11.9687" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 8 | 3162569.479 | 713905.066 | 28° 34' 20.7616" N | 77° 11' 12.9187" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 9 | 3162571.103 | 713932.634 | 28° 34' 20.7980" N | 77° 11' 13.9338" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 10 | 3162578.976 | 714169.969 | 28° 34' 20.9128" N | 77° 11' 22.6691" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 11 | 3162602.979 | 714170.398 | 28° 34' 21.6919" N | 77° 11' 22.7011" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 12 | 3162599.229 | 714057.362 | 28° 34' 21.6373" N | 77° 11' 18.5407" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 13 | 3162601.912 | 714050.648 | 28° 34' 21.7284" N | 77° 11' 18.2955" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 14 | 3162607.925 | 714048.069 | 28° 34' 21.9251" N | 77° 11' 18.2047" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 15 | 3162952.664 | 714045.623 | 28° 34' 33.1209" N | 77° 11' 18.3465" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 16 | 3163180.058 | 714033.071 | 28° 34' 40.5122" N | 77° 11' 18.0377" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 17 | 3163183.102 | 714031.988 | 28° 34' 40.6117" N | 77° 11' 17.9999" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 18 | 3163182.957 | 714029.234 | 28° 34' 40.6086" N | 77° 11' 17.8985" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 19 | 3163174.64 | 714013.305 | 28° 34' 40.3480" N | 77° 11' 17.3069" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 20 | 3163169.439 | 713997.317 | 28° 34' 40.1886" N | 77° 11' 16.7153" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 21 | 3163164.751 | 713985.676 | 28° 34' 40.0433" N | 77° 11' 16.2839" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 22 | 3163153.927 | 713963.986 | 28° 34' 39.7047" N | 77° 11' 15.4788" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 23 | 3163140.698 | 713943.309 | 28° 34' 39.2874" N | 77° 11' 14.7093" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 24 | 3163124.093 | 713922.78 | 28° 34' 38.7604" N | 77° 11' 13.9429" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 25 | 3163107.378 | 713906.181 | 28° 34' 38.2274" N | 77° 11' 13.3211" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 26 | 3163091.162 | 713892.932 | 28° 34' 37.7087" N | 77° 11' 12.8228" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 27 | 3163071.685 | 713879.936 | 28° 34' 37.0840" N | 77° 11' 12.3317" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 28 | 3163050.286 | 713868.665 | 28° 34' 36.3958" N | 77° 11' 11.9027" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 29 | 3163045.618 | 713865.705 | 28° 34' 36.2460" N | 77° 11' 11.7907" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 30 | 3163043.112 | 713861.273 | 28° 34' 36.1672" N | 77° 11' 11.6260" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 31 | 3163042.629 | 713857.277 | 28° 34' 36.1539" N | 77° 11' 11.4786" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 32 | 3163046.152 | 713852.563 | 28° 34' 36.2711" N | 77° 11' 11.3076" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 33 | 3163121.675 | 713789.198 | 28° 34' 38.7611" N | 77° 11' 09.0274" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 34 | 3163109.947 | 713775.313 | 28° 34' 38.3885" N | 77° 11' 08.5088" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 35 | 3163138.984 | 713751.849 | 28° 34' 39.3453" N | 77° 11' 07.6652" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 36 | 3163152.177 | 713744.343 | 28° 34' 39.7781" N | 77° 11' 07.3979" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 37 | 3163165.695 | 713739.705 | 28° 34' 40.2198" N | 77° 11' 07.2364" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 38 | 3163179.445 | 713738.088 | 28° 34' 40.6673" N | 77° 11' 07.1861" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 39 | 3163198.395 | 713739.002 | 28° 34' 41.2821" N | 77° 11' 07.2325" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 40 | 3163166.961 | 713710.898 | 28° 34' 40.2780" N | 77° 11' 06.1775" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 41 | 3163146.485 | 713699.676 | 28° 34' 39.6198" N | 77° 11' 05.7510" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 42 | 3163122.65 | 713726.145 | 28° 34' 38.8301" N | 77° 11' 06.7087" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 43 | 3163116.048 | 713719.262 | 28° 34' 38.6198" N | 77° 11' 06.4510" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 44 | 3163110.283 | 713711.564 | 28° 34' 38.4372" N | 77° 11' 06.1640" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 45 | 3163088.976 | 713674.852 | 28° 34' 37.7670" N | 77° 11' 04.7992" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 46 | 3163086.869 | 713670.541 | 28° 34' 37.7012" N | 77° 11' 04.6392" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 47 | 3163085.506 | 713670.484 | 28° 34' 37.6570" N | 77° 11' 04.6362" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 48 | 3163083.601 | 713665.16 | 28° 34' 37.5983" N | 77° 11' 04.4391" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 49 | 3163084.495 | 713664.316 | 28° 34' 37.6278" N | 77° 11' 04.4086" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 50 | 3163083.753 | 713661.348 | 28° 34' 37.6054" N | 77° 11' 04.2990" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 51 | 3163082.377 | 713660.977 | 28° 34' 37.5610" N | 77° 11' 04.2844" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 52 | 3163081.82 | 713657.185 | 28° 34' 37.5451" N | 77° 11' 04.1445" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 53 | 3163082.939 | 713656.288 | 28° 34' 37.5820" N | 77° 11' 04.1123" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 54 | 3163080.081 | 713633.506 | 28° 34' 37.5027" N | 77° 11' 03.2723" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 55 | 3162736.496 | 713771.828 | 28° 34' 26.2639" N | 77° 11' 08.1298" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 56 | 3162740.533 | 713893.55 | 28° 34' 26.3228" N | 77° 11' 12.6100" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 57 | 3162726.994 | 713905.635 | 28° 34' 25.8760" N | 77° 11' 13.0454" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 58 | 3162657.965 | 713907.928 | 28° 34' 23.6332" N | 77° 11' 13.0834" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 59 | 3162655.597 | 713905.27 | 28° 34' 23.5579" N | 77° 11' 12.9840" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 60 | 3162594.251 | 713907.304 | 28° 34' 21.5646" N | 77° 11' 13.0176" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 61 | 3162593.061 | 713890.253 | 28° 34' 21.5361" N | 77° 11' 12.3896" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 62 | 3162588.797 | 713868.179 | 28° 34' 21.4107" N | 77° 11' 11.5748" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 63 | 3162581.615 | 713842.649 | 28° 34' 21.1927" N | 77° 11' 10.6309" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 64 | 3162569.439 | 713812.202 | 28° 34' 20.8153" N | 77° 11' 09.5028" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 65 | 3162557.417 | 713783.89 | 28° 34' 20.4417" N | 77° 11' 08.4533" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 66 | 3162538.389 | 713756.049 | 28° 34' 19.8404" N | 77° 11' 07.4164" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 67 | 3162493.52 | 713705.048 | 28° 34' 18.4136" N | 77° 11' 05.5103" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 68 | 3162468.167 | 713725.683 | 28° 34' 17.5781" N | 77° 11' 06.2523" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ Coordinates have been retrieved from DWG file submitted in the application by the user agency using WGS-84, UTM-43. *Outer Boundary Area (O.B.A) = 16.5449Hac Exempted Area (E.A) = 16.06Hac Coordinates of boundary of area (N.E.A)**, which is not included in the exempted area U/S 29 of DPTA, 1994 for Redevelopment of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colony at Netaji Nagar, New Delhi-110023. +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | S.NO. | NORTHING | EASTING | LATITUDE | LONGITUDE | +=======+=============+=============+========================+========================+ | 69 | 3162923.982 | 713900.357 | 28° 34' 32.2757" N | 77° 11' 12.9836" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 70 | 3162896.422 | 713867.449 | 28° 34' 31.4003" N | 77° 11' 11.7546" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 71 | 3162867.194 | 713882.828 | 28° 34' 30.4421" N | 77° 11' 12.3007" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 72 | 3162847.982 | 713898.491 | 28° 34' 29.8090" N | 77° 11' 12.8639" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 73 | 3162881.066 | 713937.467 | 28° 34' 30.8601" N | 77° 11' 14.3199" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 74 | 3162831.542 | 713970.724 | 28° 34' 29.2323" N | 77° 11' 15.5099" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 75 | 3162858.876 | 713952.68 | 28° 34' 30.1306" N | 77° 11' 14.8646" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 76 | 3162827.993 | 713914.954 | 28° 34' 29.1501" N | 77° 11' 13.4561" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 77 | 3162796.66 | 713940.332 | 28° 34' 28.1176" N | 77° 11' 14.3685" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ | 78 | 3162808.902 | 713971.475 | 28° 34' 28.4967" N | 77° 11' 15.5223" E | +-------+-------------+-------------+------------------------+------------------------+ Coordinates have been retrieved from DWG file submitted in the application by the user agency using WGS-84, UTM-43. **Not Exempted Area (N.E.A) = 0.4849 Hac Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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