India, April 6 -- The department of town and country planning (DTCP) has directed all departments granting building plan approvals to strictly comply with the Punjab and Haryana High Court's interim order staying the Haryana government's stilt plus four floors policy on residential plots, officials said.

In an order issued on Friday, DTCP director Chander Shekhar Khare asked the Housing for All department, Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC), and the urban local bodies department to put all such approvals on hold until further directions from the court.

"Accordingly, it is requested to kindly put all such approvals in respect of construction of S+4 floors...