Rules notified to amend TCP Act

Tribune News Service

Shimla, January 15

The state government today notified the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2019 which will facilitate regularization of unauthorized construction by charging penalty four to six times of the normal rates from those who have violated the building norms.

The notification issued today has sought objections and suggestions from the public within 30 days, addressed to the Principal Secretary, Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department. These rules have been called the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2019.

The amendment in Rule 35 of the Act specifies the new rates of composition fee for regularizing the unauthorized constructions made in violation of the Town and Country Planning Act. In case of building where plan was not approved but construction carried out as per the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977 (Act No. 12 of 1977), the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Rules, 2014 and Regulations of Interim Development Plan or Development Plan, the compounding fee to regularize these structures would be four times of the fee as specified and applicable under sub-rule (2) of rule 16 of these Rules. In case of building where plan was not approved and deviations have also been carried out beyond the permissible limits as specified under rules and regulations to the extent of 10 per cent, such structure shall be regularized on payment of composition fee equal to six times of fee as specified and applicable under sub-rule (2) of rule 16 of these rules.

In the proposed amendment in Rule 13, 14 and 15 of the Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Rules, 2014, the words “apartments, colonies,” will be substituted by “Real Estate Projects.”