The Hindu                19.04.2013

HMDA seeks time for processing BPS files

Urban planning body HMDA has approached the government
requesting it for time till April 30 to clear files under the Building
Penalisation Scheme (BPS), some of which include pending fee payment and
others where clearances are awaited for want of additional information.

HMDA
officials said fee payments were pending at different zonal offices
including 2,023 such instances with the Medchal zonal office, 150 cases
with the Ghatkesar zone and 39 cases with the Shamshabad zonal office.
These apart, there are cases in which the applicants have been asked to
furnish additional information for perusal of their petitions under the
BPS. In this backdrop, HMDA Commissioner Neerabh Kumar Prasad has
written to the government seeking time till the month-end to ensure that
these cases are settled.

“The Commissioner has
approached the government for permission on extension of the process.
Some are about payment of the required fee and others about submission
of information and documents that we have sought for clearance,” an
official said.

Meanwhile, the HMDA also asked the applicants to desist from approaching others on matters of BPS.

“All
those who have applied under the BPS have been informed about the
status of their applications whether they have been permitted, rejected
or more information is required. For those who did not receive the
communication, we are holding zonal office-wise grievance redressal,” he
said.