Punjab govt flags GMADA ACA’s lapses while granting ₹40-crore waiver to Delhi-based developer

The Punjab housing and urban development department has held that GMADA’s appellate authority-cum-additional chief administrator Amarinder Singh Malhi overlooked key construction approvals while granting nearly ₹40 crore in concessions to Delhi-based developer Remigate Buildestates (India) Pvt Ltd for a commercial site in Mohali.

In his October 15 revision order, principal secretary Vikas Garg noted that the company had obtained building plan approval in 2017 and clearance up to the plinth/damp proof course (DPC) level on March 9, 2021, showing that construction was possible and had in fact begun.

“The additional chief administrator, in particular, wholly overlooked the material fact that the company had secured these approvals,” Garg observed.

“Had the petitioner completed the building and then sought a concession on account of any shortfall in amenities, its bona fides might have been established; instead, it stopped construction and stopped payment,” the principal secretary held while revoking the ₹40-crore waiver, granted by the GMADA additional chief administrator in February 2026.

Through the 19-page order, Garg had dismissed the company’s revision petition for further relief, stating that a clear picture was not presented before the authorities, when the file for concession was moved.

Source: This report is based on information published by Hindustan Times on October 25,2026.

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