The Times of India               27.10.2010

JAIPUR: Rajasthan's urban development and housing on Tuesday issued a notification governing land use changes across all local bodies in the state. The new law of 2010 will regulate all kinds of land use change from residential to commercial and vice versa. The Jaipur Development Authority and other such local authorities will be able to regulate land use changes as per the government plan from time to time. As per the new law, municipal committees can now approve land use changes up to 3,000 sq m instead of 2,000 sqm earlier. For the Nagar Parishad the limit has been kept at 4,000 sqm while development authorities could approve up to 5,000 sqm.

All committees at local bodies will now have to hold monthly meetings to dispose cases of land use and if a person applies for converting commercial land into residential, no fees would be charged. Within two years of such change, the applicant has to construct at least 25% of the plot otherwise an additional 10% of land use change charge will be collected. The new law also says that within four years of the land use change the applicant has to construct, otherwise his conversion will be void.