How the result reaches you
Three ways, under clause 5: an email to the address on your form, an upload to DHA’s official website, and a hard copy posted to you. The clause then deems the email delivered on generation and puts the risk of wrong details on you. Check the portal yourself.
If your name is on the list
The clock
Clause 7 gives 30 days from the ballot date — 100% of the price on the lump-sum plan, or 20% down on the instalment plans. The form’s payment table prints 27 days for the 2-year plan. Miss it and the allotment cancels automatically and the processing fee is forfeited. There is no discretion written into the clause.
| Plot | Lump sum (100%) | 20% down, 1 Yr | 2 Yr | 3 Yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Marla | PKR 21,434,375 | PKR 4,512,500 | PKR 4,750,000 | PKR 5,000,000 |
| 10 Marla | PKR 42,011,375 | PKR 8,844,500 | PKR 9,310,000 | PKR 9,800,000 |
| 1 Kanal | PKR 72,876,875 | PKR 15,342,500 | PKR 16,150,000 | PKR 17,000,000 |
The Intimation Letter
Clause 6: once the result is confirmed and your lump sum or down payment has been received along with all applicable charges and government taxes, DHA issues an Intimation Letter. This is the document that proves your position. It is not a title deed.
Intimation rights versus an Allotment Letter
This distinction is the whole game. Clause 8: a lump-sum payer is issued an Allotment Letter — the title document, carrying an absolute right to transfer the plot. Everyone on an instalment plan holds Intimation rights, transferable once 20% is paid, with the remaining instalments carried over to the buyer. Clause 11 confirms the Allotment Letter is issued only after the entire sale consideration and every due, charge and tax is paid. Two people can both say “I have a plot in Margalla Enclave” and hold quite different assets. The full explanation.
Then keep paying
Quarterly, on time. Clause 9 makes two consecutive misses a default, and clause 10 takes 20% of everything deposited if the allotment is cancelled.
If your name is not on the list
The processing fee is gone — clause 3, non-refundable, and this is the normal outcome for most applicants in an oversubscribed ballot. Three options:
- Wait for the next round. There have been three so far, at rising prices. The history is the honest guide to what waiting has cost people to date, which is not a prediction.
- Buy on the resale market. Successful applicants sell their Intimation rights or allotted plots, usually at a premium over the ballot price. This is where the real risk lives — read the verification checklist and how the frauds work before you talk price with anyone.
- Look at the neighbours. The same Zone IV corridor holds several schemes at different stages and prices. How they compare.
The premium question
Dealers quote resale premiums over ballot price, and the figures circulating for the earlier rounds are large. We are not publishing them as fact, because every version we found traces back to marketing pages rather than to recorded transfers. If you are quoted a premium, check it against at least three independent dealers and one recent completed transfer before you accept it as the market. A number repeated on five websites that all copied one another is one source, not five.
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Won a plot, or missed one?
Either way the next decision is worth talking through before the clock runs.