Order F. No. 2135/2025/WACDD of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi dated 10th August, 2025 on the maintenance of fire safety in a high-rise building [N16-9Q4]

F. No. 2135/2025/WACDD

GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI

Women and Child Development Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

New Delhi, dated the 10th August, 2025

ORDER

Subject: The maintenance of fire safety in a high-rise building by owners of a high-rise building under the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2009, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Delhi Fire Service Act, 2009 (Delhi Act 2 of 2009), the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi is pleased to order that

1. In the circumstances reported by the Station Fire Officer, the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, after careful examination, hereby orders that every owner of a high-rise building carrying on the maintenance of fire safety in a high-rise building shall furnish Form C to the Civil Defence Controller within three days.

2. The matter has been examined. Every owner of a high-rise building carrying on the maintenance of fire safety in a high-rise building shall make an application in Form C to the Civil Defence Controller within three days, accompanied by a fee of five thousand rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the maintenance of fire safety in a high-rise building is undertaken, and the Civil Defence Controller shall dispose of it within three days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this order may be brought to the notice of the Women and Child Development Department, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.

(Secretary to Government)