CDA Issues Sealing Notices for 7 Illegal Housing Schemes in Islamabad Zone 4

CDA posted notices on 9 October 2026 for the sealing of the site and management offices of seven housing schemes it calls illegal: Green Fields, Islamabad Farms, Capital Hills, Kiyani Town, Saif Garden, Babar Enclave and Safa Homes. All seven are in Islamabad's Zone 4. The Green Fields notice says none of the scheme's work has CDA approval, and it asks CDA's enforcement staff to proceed.

If you have paid money for a plot in one of these schemes, read the next sections slowly. The notices do not say your plot is void. They do say CDA will not treat the scheme as legal, and that power and gas connections are meant to follow approved plans only.

We opened the Green Fields notice in full. The other six carry the same title form on CDA's public notices page, dated 9 October. We did not open their PDFs.

CDA named seven schemes in Zone 4 on 9 October 2026

The notices list schemes along Simly Dam Road, Karor Road, Kirpa Road, Ali Pur Farash, Bani Gala and Lehtrar Road. CDA has special regulations for private schemes in Zones 2, 4 and 5, and a scheme there needs CDA approval before it is planned or sold.

Older notices on the same page name many more schemes, including others on Lehtrar Road and Kuri Road. The 9 October batch is the newest.

What the Green Fields notice says

The Green Fields notice is a letter from CDA's Directorate of Regional Planning, dated 2 October 2026. It says no private housing scheme can be planned, launched or developed in Islamabad without CDA approval. It says the scheme has started development without an approved layout plan and without a No Objection Certificate, known as an NOC.

It also says CDA had already served notices and show cause notices on 5 April 2012 and 1 June 2012. They told the sponsors to stop development, marketing and the sale or transfer of plots, and to remove what had been built. The sponsors still have no approval, the letter says.

The letter then "requests" the Directorate of Enforcement to proceed to seal the marketing and site office buildings. That wording matters. The notice is the request to act. The page does not report that the offices have been sealed.

Which rule lets CDA seal an office

The notice quotes clause 42-4 of CDA's 2023 regulations for private housing and farm housing schemes in Zones 2, 4 and 5. Offices of sponsors, advertisers, contractors, real estate agents and marketing partners can be sealed by the Director Enforcement in the presence of a magistrate.

Sealing needs an order from the Director General or Deputy Director General Planning. It also needs the 15 day notice and the 7 day show cause notice to have expired. The letter says CDA served notices and show cause notices in 2012.

1. CDA serves a notice and a show cause notice (15 days and 7 days).
2. A senior planning officer orders the sealing.
3. Enforcement seals the offices with a magistrate present.
4. Building Control can then act on demolition under Section 49-C of the CDA Ordinance 1960.

Utilities, adverts and company records are also named

The notice is copied to many bodies. IESCO and SNGPL are asked to give connections only in line with an approved layout plan and approved building plans. The Press Information Department is asked not to allow adverts for private schemes without CDA approval, and PEMRA and PTA are told they may block websites of such schemes.

CDA also copied the Registrar of Companies at SECP, and asked the Additional Collector Recovery to proceed under sections 49-C, 46 and 46-B of the Ordinance. In plain terms, CDA is trying to cut off the scheme's selling, its services and its legal footing at the same time.

For a buyer, the utility point is the one to remember. A plot without an approved layout may never get an official electricity or gas connection.

What buyers and plot holders should do now

Do not assume your scheme is safe because it has a glossy office or a long list of buyers. Check it against CDA's list before paying any more money. The steps are in our guide to checking if a housing society is approved on CDA's list.

If you have already paid, keep every receipt, the allotment letter and the agent's name. Our explainer on how CDA seals and demolishes illegal housing schemes sets out what CDA can do next. Our steps for what to do after paying for a plot in an illegal scheme list the papers and the complaint routes.

A formal route for complaints against a scheme sponsor is covered in how to complain about a builder to RDA, LDA or CDA.

Common questions

Which housing schemes did CDA name on 9 October 2026?

Green Fields, Islamabad Farms, Capital Hills, Kiyani Town, Saif Garden Housing Scheme, Babar Enclave and Safa Homes, all in Zone 4.

Has CDA already sealed the offices?

The notice we read asks CDA's enforcement staff to proceed. The page does not say the sealing has been done.

Does the notice cancel my plot?

No. It says the scheme has no approval and the offices can be sealed. It does not rule on individual plot files.

Can an illegal scheme get electricity and gas?

CDA asks IESCO and SNGPL to connect only schemes with an approved layout plan and building plans.

Where can I read the notices?

On the Public Notices page of the CDA website, cda.gov.pk, under the 9 October 2026 entries.

How we verified this

What we checked, where we read it, and what we could not confirm.

Last checked on 11 October 2026. The seven notices appear on CDA's Public Notices page, dated 9 October 2026. We read the full Green Fields notice, reference CDA/PLW/RP/Zone-4(43)2012, dated 2 October 2026. We did not open the PDFs of the other six. CDA did not state on the page whether the offices have actually been sealed.