The Hindu 30.08.2012
Civic body to seek GO for regularising unapproved layouts in new wards
Tiruchi Corporation will soon approach the government
seeking an order for the regularisation of unapproved residential
layouts in the five newly added wards in the city.
The
five new wards were created following the merger of the Tiruverumbur
Town Panchayat and the Pappakurichi, Ellakudi, Keezha Kalkandarkottai
and Alathur panchayats, all in the eastern suburb of the city, with the
Corporation following delimitation some months back. The five new wards
are spread over the Golden Rock and Ariyamangalam zones in the city.
According
to sources, there were over a hundred unapproved residential layouts in
the new wards with over 14,000 plots. Several houses have already come
up in the residential localities.
However, the
Corporation has not been able to issue building plan approvals for plots
located in these unapproved layouts consequent to the merger of these
areas. Property tax revision too has not yet been taken up in these
areas after they were merged with the Corporation.
An
official resolution on the subject would soon be tabled before the
Corporation Council seeking approval for approaching the government for
issuing an order to regularise the unapproved layouts and plots.
The
Corporation has already sent a report to the Commissioner of Municipal
Administration stating that there were about 14,000 unapproved plots in
the give new wards. This apart, there were about 2,300 unapproved plots
in the other 60 wards of the Corporation as well.
A
few years back, it was pointed out, the government had issued orders for
regularising unapproved layouts as a one-time measure. Initially, the
Corporation was empowered to regularise the layouts after collecting
open space reservation charge, development and regularisation fees.
Subsequently, the scheme was simplified to regularise plots in the
layouts by collecting Rs.5 per square feet.
The
Corporation would now seek either an extension of the previous order or a
fresh GO for regularising the about 16,300 unapproved layouts that have
been identified now, the sources said.