Every commercial building depends on one basic foundation: the approved record.
Sanction plans, completion plans, occupancy certificates and inspection reports are not paperwork for the sake of paperwork. They determine what can legally exist inside a building, what common areas must remain available, and what authorities can enforce when violations are alleged.
That is why recent DDA correspondence concerning Jaina Tower-II, Janakpuri deserves attention.
The Core Problem
Recent official material indicates that approved completion or sanction plans for key portions of Jaina Tower-II were not readily available in DDA Building Section records.
The missing-record issue appears to concern the:
- basement;
- ground floor;
- upper ground floor;
- first floor.
Those are not minor portions of a commercial building. They are among the most important areas for access, shops, circulation, exits, and fire-safety assessment.
Why Missing Plans Matter
Without approved plans, several questions become difficult to answer:
- Which shops or offices are part of the sanctioned layout?
- Which passages, corridors or refuge areas must remain common/open?
- Which structural changes are unauthorized?
- Which floor-wise counts match the approved record?
- What can DDA lawfully seal, demolish or regularize?
- How can fire-safety authorities verify compliance?
When documents are unavailable, enforcement becomes slower and less certain. Occupants are also left without a common factual baseline.
DDA's Search For Records
The DDA material records several steps taken to trace or reconstruct the missing record position.
It states that the builder/developer was asked in 2019 to provide the completion plan because it was not traceable in DDA Building Section records.
It also records that in December 2024 and February 2025, Delhi Fire Service and DUAC were asked to provide available approved completion floor plans. In April 2025, DDA's Commercial Land Branch was also asked to provide any completion plans available in its records.
These steps show that the missing-plan issue is not merely speculative. It appears within official correspondence and reporting.
The RTI Angle
A later DDA RTI-related communication dated 12 June 2026 refers to a complaint that an official did not provide written confirmation during file inspection regarding non-availability of certain records/documents.
The identity of the complainant is not important for the public issue.
The public issue is this:
If records are unavailable, citizens and occupants should be able to obtain a clear written statement saying so.
Without written confirmation, everyone remains trapped in uncertainty. One department may say records are unavailable. Another may ask a party to obtain them. A court may ask for plans. Occupants may seek clarity. But unless the missing-record position is formally recorded, the confusion continues.
A Building Cannot Be Governed By Uncertainty
Commercial towers are not private paperwork disputes. They affect owners, tenants, visitors, emergency access, structural compliance and public safety.
When building records are incomplete or unavailable, authorities should clearly disclose:
- which plans are available;
- which plans are missing;
- which department last held them;
- what efforts have been made to trace them;
- whether reconstruction of records is underway;
- how enforcement will proceed in the meantime.
This is especially important in buildings where unauthorized construction, misuse, common-area disputes or fire-safety issues have been raised.
Conclusion
The Jaina Tower-II record issue is bigger than one RTI request or one inspection.
It asks a basic question:
Can a commercial building be fairly regulated when crucial approved plans are missing or not confirmed in writing?
DDA should clarify the record position publicly and in writing. Occupants should not have to guess which plans exist, which are missing, and what the lawful position of their building is.
Until the approved record is clarified, disputes over Jaina Tower-II will continue to grow in the shadow of missing files.