Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court has stayed all construction activities in newly added areas under the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) region following a notification issued by the state government on October 3, 2025, expanding the region to include 530 new villages.
A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Justice B.S. Sandhu directed the JDA not to undertake any construction in these areas and sought responses from the Principal UDH Secretary, JDA officials, the Principal Secretary of Local Self-Government, the District Collector, and the Pollution Control Board.
The order came after a public interest litigation filed by Sanjay, who argued that the inclusion of new villages has doubled the JDA’s jurisdiction from 3,000 to 6,000 square kilometres. The expanded region now includes agricultural land, ecological zones, grazing land, water catchment areas, and forest land.
The petition also stated that the decision was taken without inviting objections from local gram panchayats, civic bodies, or residents. It highlighted that JDA typically develops its region based on a master plan. The previous master plan covered the period from 2011 to 2025, and a new plan for 2025 to 2047 is yet to be finalised.
Despite this, a vast area has been included in the region without preparing a new master plan or clearly outlining the development framework. The petitioner contended that the expansion was carried out without following due legal procedure and urged the court to quash the notification published in the gazette.