The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has stopped all activity in the Kashmir Gardens Agro-Farming Scheme in Islamabad’s Zone-IV, saying the project is operating without the required approvals.

The authority has ordered an immediate halt to the sale, purchase, transfer and allotment of plots, as well as construction, development and other activities in the scheme.

In a letter to the secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Cooperative Housing Society, the CDA said the scheme’s layout plan had not been approved and the society had not obtained a No Objection Certificate from the authority.

The CDA said the scheme’s sponsor had failed to provide the documents and plans needed to process the layout plan despite repeated requests. It warned that the application for approval could be treated as disposed of if the outstanding requirements were not fulfilled.

The authority has also directed the society to stop advertising and marketing the project and suspend landscaping, construction and other development work.

The scheme covers land in Mouza Phag, Panwal and Bhokkar in Zone-IV of Islamabad.

The CDA has sought several documents from the society, including land ownership records, sanctioned mutations, details of sponsors, audited financial statements, land possession certificates, contour and khasra plans, a non-encumbrance certificate and a detailed layout plan concept report.

The society has also been asked to pay Rs. 8.114 million as the layout plan scrutiny fee.

Meanwhile, the CDA has instructed its enforcement and building control directorates to take action against illegal buildings and structures in the scheme, including their demolition or removal where required.

The Islamabad administration and police have been asked to help enforce the orders.

The authority has also directed IESCO and SNGPL to provide utility connections only where the relevant layout and building plans have been approved by the CDA.