India, Feb. 15 -- Following the directions of the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday, the department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Friday issued restoration orders to 300 plot owners, who had made illegal modifications to their buildings. Six teams of the department on Friday also started pasting 2,400 show cause notices on the buildings in which violations had been found. The department has already sent these notices to the owners by registered post, said DTCP officials.

The Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday, had issued directions to the department of town and country planning that action should be taken against plot owners, who have carried out illegal constructions, and were running commercial activities in vio...