In this chapter we use a case study of Savda Ghevra resettlement colony to illustrate how incipient informality and insurgent space making follow in the wake of a formal act of planning, filling the gaps of service provision and opening opportunities for entrepreneurship and downward raiding. We use empirical evidence from Savda to define incipient informalityas emergent, spontaneous and necessary acts by citizens for survival, and adaptation of space to accommodate livelihoods when displaced as insurgent space making.