Deccan Herald 11.12.2013
State fixes new cutoff date for regularising illegal buildings
The State government has fixed October 19, 2013
as the new cutoff date under the Sakrama scheme to regularise
unauthorised constructions in urban areas, including in the Bruhat
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limits, Urban Development Minister
Vinay Kumar Sorake said here on Tuesday.
The Karnataka
Town and Country Planning and Certain Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2013 –
passed in both Houses of the Legislature in the just-concluded winter
session in Belgaum seeking to fix the new cutoff date — has been sent to
the Governor for his assent. The government would notify the amended
law soon after the Governor gave his assent, Sorake told reporters.
The
earlier cutoff date was December 3, 2009. The scheme, conceived in
2007, seeks to regularise violations of building bye-laws and floor area
ratio in all urban local bodies (eight municipal corporations, 44
municipal councils, 94 town municipal councils, 68 town panchayats and
six notified area committees).
regularisation, the minister added.
Hike in penalty
Sorake further said the government was considering increasing the fine for regularisation under the scheme.
“The
previous government had, in 2009, fixed the fine based on the guidance
value of land (also called government value) prevailing at the time. The
guidance value has now increased manifold. Hence we want to revise the
penalty amount,” he said but added that the quantum of increase had not
been decided yet.
As per existing rules, violation of up to 25
per cent by residential buildings will be fined six per cent of the
guidance value of the property and eight per cent for violation between
25 and 50 per cent. For non-residential buildings, regularisation
charges will be 20 per cent of the guidance value for less than 12.5 per
cent violation and 35 per cent for violations up to 25 per cent.
The
government will soon file an affidavit in the High Court of Karnataka
on the steps taken so far, urging it to vacate the stay on the
implementation of the scheme. Besides, an official committee will be
formed in all urban local bodies for implementation of the scheme,
Sorake explained.
‘B’ khata
The
government has introduced forms 9 and 11B (also called Khata
certificates for gramathana sites) to enable registration of
unauthorised residential sites (also called ‘B’ khata properties) on the
lines of a system existing in the BBMP limits, the minister informed.
“Forms
9 and 11 are for properties without any violations (‘A’ khata
properties). But 11B has been introduced for those formed without
obtaining necessary permissions like land use conversion (‘B’ khata
properties),” Sorake stated.
