Gurugram, Feb. 19 -- Haryana government's department of town and country planning (DTCP) on Tuesday put on hold the allotment of 708 affordable flats in a project in Sohna after it came to fore that all successful applicants were either from Sohna or had mentioned their address as Sohna, said officials in the know of the matter.

The allotment of plots in affordable housing projects is done through an online portal by the DTCP. A senior DTCP official said around 51,000 individuals applied for these flats from across a wide range of geographies, which included the National Capital Region (NCR), but all successful applicants were from Sohna.

To probe the matter, Amit Khatri, director, town and country planning, on Tuesday issued an order put...