edc Punjab and Haryana High Court terms Authority’s affidavit ‘defective’, says justification for spending EDC money on Metro line ‘not satisfactory’ Acknowledging that it had collected a sum of Rs 5,702 crore till December last year from residents of Gurgaon n account of external development charges (EDC), the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) has admitted that it has nearly Rs 2,700 crore lying unspent. Significantly, the “surplus”money is lying in the form of fixed deposits in as many as 19 banks. In another significant development, HUDA justified the amount spent on Metro out of the EDC, much to the disapproval of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The affidavit was filed by HUDA during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the Society for Urban Regeneration of Gurgaon. The petitioner contended that HUDA had collected Rs 5,000 crore from Gurgaon societies since 2001 as EDC, but never spent the money for the purpose. The affidavit was filed in the last week of April. Terming the affidavit ¿defective”and HUDA’s response “not satisfactory”, the High Court directed the Authority to file a better affidavit.
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