The New Indian Express 20.10.2010
Get your building permit in 4 days
HYDERABAD: GHMC will launch ‘Green Channel’ for the automatic approval of Building Permissions in its zonal offices and circle offices from tomorrow. Through this, the owners and builders will get permissions within four days after submission of the application.The permit will be granted for building up to a limit of 1,000 sq mts area and a height upto 12 mtrs (3 floors) excluding the parking floors. Applications will be scrutinised by the concerned town planning officials. After the approval of deputy commissioners/ zonal commissioners, the permission will be given.
The staff concerned will inspect the site within 15 days of issuing the permission and confirm the permission on file to the competent authority.
Permission granted will be cancelled if it is found to have been obtained through misrepresentation, falsifying facts or in any other way which is misleading to the GHMC. Penal action will also be initiated against such Licensed Technical Personnel.
Your right to know:
In case the staff fails to process the application and inspect the site within the given time frame, a penalty of `50 per day will be levied on the concerned staff as per Citizen Charter.
The deputy commissioners and zonal CPs are personally responsible to issue or reject the permission within four days. Rejection has to be given in a speaking endorsement with valid reasons.
