India, April 30 -- Following a stay on the stilt-plus-four floors policy on residential plots by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday, the department of town and country planning (DTCP) has launched a statewide exercise to collect data on infrastructure, encroachments, and fund utilisation, officials said on Wednesday.

DTCP has directed urban agencies to submit detailed information by May 1, ahead of the next hearing scheduled for May 4. The move follows a 2024 public interest litigation challenging the policy on grounds of inadequate infrastructure in residential colonies. The high court had stayed the policy in Gurugram and ordered removal of encroachments as per law.

Officials said that after a high-level meeting chaired by th...