Archive · 2 Oct 2026
Gurugram EWS residents again barred from central park access
Some families in a Gurugram housing complex live in homes meant for economically weaker residents.
They were allowed to use the main park for a short time.
The local administration has now said that the housing society’s rules and property documents will decide who can use the park.
The residents’ association says those documents do not give EWS residents access to the main park.
It also says EWS residents are not members of the association.
The affected residents say they should be allowed to use shared spaces without being treated differently.
They say a smaller nearby park does not solve the problem.
The disagreement has left the residents and the association with very different views about fairness and property rights.
EWS residents at Mahindra Aura in Gurugram have again been restricted from using the central park and other common areas.
The District Registrar previously ordered the Aura Resident Welfare Association to provide EWS occupants unrestricted access.
A new memorandum says access must instead follow registered conveyance deeds and the association’s approved bye-laws.
The RWA says EWS allotment documents exclude the central park and common facilities from their property rights.
EWS residents say the restrictions are discriminatory and leave them with limited opportunities for recreation and wellbeing.
- Who
- EWS allottees, including Kashmir Singh and Meena Rani, and the Aura Resident Welfare Association.
- What
- Restrictions on EWS residents’ use of the central park and other common spaces were reinstated after an earlier access order.
- When
- The fresh memorandum was issued on Thursday, following a September 28 representation and reversing the effect of a September 15 order.
- Where
- Mahindra Aura, Sector 110A, Gurugram.
- Why
- The RWA says registered conveyance deeds and bye-laws exclude EWS allottees from the main complex’s common facilities, while EWS residents say the restrictions are discriminatory.
EWS residents
Resident Welfare Association
Access to common parks
EWS residents
EWS residents say they should be allowed to use the central park for recreation and wellbeing and that excluding them is discriminatory.
Resident Welfare Association
The RWA says the conveyance deeds and allotment letters exclude the central park and other common facilities from EWS property rights.
Meaning of the fresh order
EWS residents
Residents say the new directive is unclear compared with the earlier order and question why access was reversed.
Resident Welfare Association
The RWA welcomed the directive, saying it restored the lawful position and required adherence to the registered documents and bye-laws.
Membership and complaints
EWS residents
EWS residents question where they can take grievances if they cannot become RWA members or use the main facilities.
Resident Welfare Association
The RWA says EWS residents are not association members and therefore have no right to complain to the District Registrar about the RWA.
- Housing complex
- Mahindra Aura, Sector 110A, Gurugram
- Affected residents
- Economically Weaker Section allottees
- Earlier directive
- A September 15 order granted EWS residents unfettered access to common areas.
- Fresh directive
- The District Registrar said access must follow registered conveyance deeds and approved association bye-laws.
- RWA position
- The RWA says EWS allotment documents exclude the central park and other common facilities.
- Alternative spaces cited
- The RWA says EWS residents can use a small park near their block and a Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority park outside the complex.
- Reported EWS families
- Kashmir Singh said there are hardly six or seven EWS families apart from his, while around 90% of EWS flats are occupied by non-EWS resale buyers.