Summary:
The inquiry was ordered after an early morning blaze had ripped through the four-storey, 46-room Hotel Arpit Palace in Karol Bagh. “The question of licences comes only after one gets a building plan sanctioned. Incidentally, the hotel falls under the jurisdiction of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act which came into effect in 2006. The affidavits filed by the owner were accepted at face value,” a senior official said. AdvertisingIn this case, the fire NOCs were granted “without actually carrying out any inspection” or “the owner managed it with connivance with officials of DFS”, the report states..