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Chandigarh, May 26
In a relief to owners of Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) flats, the board has clarified that the decision for the withdrawal of old circulars/notifications will not be implemented from retrospective effect and under the forthcoming comprehensive policy, allottees will further get additional benefits.
Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Chairman of the CHB, said the board had allowed need-based changes in dwelling units constructed by the CHB through its various orders issued in piecemeal. The CHB had also allowed an interim relief for building violations subject to payment of annual penal charges of Rs 100 per sq ft where such charges were deposited up to April 15, 2018.
Subsequently, many representations were received in the CHB from various RWAs to reduce penal charges and to make it a one-time measure rather than imposing annual fee and for allowing additional need-based changes. The matter was considered by the CHB and it decided to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of the Secretary, CHB, with a representative of CHB allottees, to study and recommend the allowable need-based changes in a comprehensive manner. The scope of the committee is to study the need-based changes in a broader aspect to cover all type of violations to give maximum relief to the allottees.
The committee has already started working in this direction and is likely to submit its report shortly. Based upon the recommendations of the committee, a comprehensive policy will be formulated on the need-based changes by allowing a one-time relief in respect of the violations done by the CHB allottees. It has also been decided that no fresh notices for the old violations will be issued and status quo will be maintained till a final decision is taken in this regard.
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