Illegal Construction RTI — unauthorised building / occupancy (2026)

Illegal / unauthorised construction next door. RTI to ULB Building Department for sanctioned plan + occupancy + notices. Template + case law (2026).

Unauthorised construction or violation of sanctioned plan in your neighbourhood, ignored by ULB.

• RTI Act, 2005 §6, §7(1), §4.
• State Municipal Acts — building sanction + demolition powers.
• State Building Bye-Laws.

To:
The Public Information Officer (PIO),
[Office name + address].

Subject: RTI under §6 — Illegal Construction query

Sir/Madam,

Under the RTI Act, 2005, kindly provide:
1. Sanctioned building plan of property [ADDRESS], approval No. [NUMBER].
2. Occupancy / Completion Certificate status.
3. Action on complaint No. [NUMBER] dated [DATE] re unauthorised construction.
4. Demolition notice (if any) issued under §[STATE ACT SECTION].
5. List of unauthorised constructions in Ward [NUMBER] in last 12 months
   with action status.
Rs. 10 IPO enclosed.

Yours faithfully,
[Name]
[Address + phone + email]
[Date]

• Day 31 First Appeal.
• Day 76 Second Appeal to SIC.
• Parallel Writ in HC for chronic ULB inaction.

• Olga Tellis v. BMC (SC, 1985) — Demolition requires due process.
• Bombay HC v. BMC slum records (2021) — ULB action records disclosable.

• Forgetting property address / Khasra / plot number.

Yes — sanctioned plans are public records.

• Co-operative Housing Society RTI — Registrar of Cooperatives (2026) — discovered via internal-link audit 2026-04-24
• Election Commission RTI — voter roll / candidate / expense (2026) — discovered via internal-link audit 2026-04-24

• Encroachment RTI
• Layout approval RTI
• File RTI online — 12 steps
• RTI — 25 questions answered

• RTI Act, 2005 — full text.
• Citation chain in body.
• Citizen Charter of the relevant authority.
• Case-law database at /cases/search.

Last reviewed: 24 April 2026.