There's relief on the
way for people who have bought plots of lands in unapproved residential lay-outs.
Residential Plots Approval..!
If the Tamil Nadu
(TN) state government has its way, all residential plots registered before July
1, 2007 will be given approval after levying a penalty, as has been done in the
case of illegal buildings.
Following a proposal
from the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), the TN
government is contemplating relaxing norms for approval of unauthorized layouts
that have proliferated over the past few years in the Chennai Metropolitan
Area (CMA) and in areas under the jurisdiction of the Directorate of
Town and Country Planning (DTCP).
The suggestion was
made at a meeting of the CMDA's top decision making body. As of now, only
residential plots registered before December 31, 1989 are approved under the
regularization scheme in operation in CMA limits.
However, on receipt
of the CMDA proposal, the state government has taken a view that instead of
limiting the exercise to CMA, it should look for a comprehensive solution to
all unapproved residential layouts that have sprung up across the state.
In this regard, the
Tamil Nadu state housing department has chosen to work in coordination with
municipal administration and rural development departments.
Finalise Action
Plan..!
A senior official
told, "Since municipalities that fall under the municipal
administration department & village
panchayats under the rural development department have been
delegated some powers to approve plots, any solution without taking them on
board will remain a piecemeal effort. We also need to involve the land
registration department also to ensure that registration of unapproved
plots do not take place in future. Otherwise, once we regularise old
violations, there will be new violations. The chief secretary will soon convene
a meeting to finalise the action plan".
A CMDA official told,
''The problem of unauthorised plots of land was not a major one in CMDA limits,
where the regulatory body has done zoning of all land, determining their use.
But in DTCP limits, very few cities &towns have prepared development master
plans".
Can Not Avail Bank
Loan.!
A DTCP official said,
"Unapproved residential lay - outs continue to spring up across Tamil Nadu
state. Many promoters / builders / developers who are stuck with large areas of
agricultural wetlands are converting them into residential lay - outs and
selling them with the connivance of village panchayat presidents & ward
members. Despite the TN government clarifying time & again that approvals
from village panchayats have no legal sanctity & buyers can not avail bank
loans on such plots of land, people continue to buy them".
The problem became
acute after the TN state imposed restrictions on conversion of agricultural
wetlands into residential plots in January 2011.
According to a
Chennai based realtor said. "The TN government should ban firms selling
unapproved lay - outs from real estate activity & take strict action
against panchayat presidents & ward
members who approve unauthorised layouts"
CMDA - Chennai
Metropolitan Development Authority
If you have any grievances please
write to mscmda@tn.gov.in
If you have already written to the
above address and still your grievance not been addressed, please write to
vccmda@tn.gov.in
For any specific information about
Corruption and Malpractices in any of the dealings in this Organization, Public
are requested to contact the Chief Vigilance Officer at his official E-mail id
ceocmda@tn.gov.in
Postal Address :
1, Gandhi Irwin Road, Egmore, Chennai
– 600 008.
Phone : 044- 2841 4855
Fax : 044- 2854 8416
Web Site:
http://www.cmdachennai.gov.in
DTCP - Directorate of
Town and Country Planning
Opposite
to LIC, Chengalvarayan Building,
Fourth floor,807,
Anna Salai, Chennai - 600 002.
Phone : 044 - 2852 1115 , 044 - 2852 1116; Fax: 044 -
2852 0582
E Mail ID : dtcp@vsnl.net
Web Sit: http://www.tn.gov.in/dtcp/
Office Hours: 10 A.M.
to 5.45 P.M.
Src: TOI
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