jaipur a slowdown in real estate segment might be an opportunity for aspiring buyers seeking throwaway deals but a bunch of scams threaten to ruin the house warming there has been a spree of new apartments cropping up in various parts of the city and not all of those which are being sold are duly approved by the jaipur development authority jda many of these developers though claim the properties as jda approved but the maximum that they have is a jda land title and a relaxation in building norms for construction on plots of less than 500 square yard size there are hundreds of such small group houses or apartments popping up in areas of jagatpura kalwar road ajmer road and narayan vihar usually constructed in g2 and g3 format as personal residence of the plot owner they are sold to individual home seekers however as soon as the building is complete a penthouse and small flat in parking are stealthily developed this is in violation of jda provisions and creates future complications for the buildings residents a jda official from town planning department told toi in absence of layout plan consumers face several problems in the long run we are receiving several complaints of violation by these small developers and the jda is taking action against them buyers in these projects are facing a setback as they are not aware about the fact that maps are not approved even those buildings which have been duly approved by jda building plan committee may not have these additional buildings on the approved plan commercial use of property retained by developer remains a persistent trouble any such irregular development may create land title issue in longer duration as such buildings continue to flourish without due approval of the authority a connivance of the developers with the officials is highly possible it is thus for the consumer to stay vigilant and duly verify the documents and immediately protest any irregular construction in the building it will also be advised to look for probable parking space if the building is adjoined by more such unapproved buildings meanwhile a developer on condition of anonymity said due to red tapism developers cannot get their layout plans approved the bpc meeting is not organised for months we provide houses to a major section of the society this action against small builders is taken due to strong lobby of big developers