Giving the plot back
This page tells you what the Dholera allotment policy does when a buyer decides to walk away from a plot they have already paid for. It matters because the answer is that the money is gone, and the clause that says so was added in 2019.
No paid placement · No developer money · Nothing for sale
In plain words
You get nothing back. If you decide to surrender the plot, you have to hand over vacant possession in the condition the plot was allotted in, and the allotment price you have already paid is forfeited. The policy states it flatly and provides no refund mechanism, no partial return and no sliding scale by how long you held it. This clause was inserted by Amendment 01 of 2019 with effect from 16 February 2019.
- Refund on surrender
- NoneThe allotment price paid by the allottee will be forfeited. Status OFFICIAL. Source: DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended to 16 February 2019, page 26 of 27, section 2.10.3.
- Condition of return
- As allottedVacant possession, in the original condition it was allotted in. Status OFFICIAL.
- When the clause arrived
- 16 February 2019Inserted by Amendment 01 of 2019, section 36. Status OFFICIAL.
- The alternative route
- Transfer, at a chargeSelling on rather than surrendering carries a transfer fee instead. Status OFFICIAL.
Surrender and sale are not the same exit
There are two ways out of an allotment and they are very different. Surrender hands the plot back to DICDL and forfeits what you paid. Transfer sells it to somebody else and costs a percentage of market value, which falls the longer you have held it. The numbers are on the transfer charges page.
Anyone reading this policy as a buyer should read those two pages together, because the choice between them is the whole of the downside case.
Original condition is doing work in that sentence
The clause does not just ask for the plot back. It asks for it back in the condition it was allotted in. On a plot where work has started, that implies clearing what has been built before the surrender is complete, at the allottee's cost. The policy does not price that or describe how it is assessed, and this register does not invent a process for it.
Why the 2019 date is worth recording
The clause is not part of the original 2016 policy. It was inserted three years later. That tells you the authority found it necessary to write down what happens on surrender, which is usually a sign it had started happening. The register records the amendment alongside the clause so the two are never separated.
The clause, word for word
If the allottee intends to surrender the plot due to any reason, the allottee shall handover the vacant possession of the plot to DICDL in the original condition it was allotted. ... The allotment price paid by the allottee will be forfeited.
DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended to 16 February 2019, page 26 of 27, section 2.10.3. Inserted by Amendment 01 of 2019, section 36, with effect from 16 February 2019
Status: OFFICIAL. Source: DICDL Land Allotment Policy 2016 as amended to 16 February 2019, page 26 of 27. Last verified 4 August 2026. This record is published in full, with its own source quote, in the downloadable dataset.