Punjab Notifies Compounding Policy For Marriage Palaces Constructed After Jan 1, 2012
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, December 7, 2015: The Punjab Government today notified a new Policy for regularization of Marriage Palaces constructed without taking permission of the Competent Authority after 01.01.2012. According...
Chandigarh, December 7, 2015: The Punjab Government today notified a new Policy for regularization of Marriage Palaces constructed without taking permission of the Competent Authority after 01.01.2012.
According to the spokesperson of Punjab Government in order to bring under the umbrella of planning framework and to provide public safety, security and public conveniences, the Punjab Government had framed a policy on 16.11.2012 and revised for the regularization of Marriage Palaces existing on or before 01.01.2012 and for setting up of new Marriage Palaces in the State of Punjab but still a number of Marriage Palaces have been set up illegally in the State of Punjab after 01.01.2012. He said that these unauthorized Marriage Palaces have to be dealt strictly so as to discourage such illegal constructions in future. Therefore, the Governor of Punjab is pleased to frame a compounding policy for regularization of Marriage Palaces constructed without taking permission of the Competent Authority after 01.01.2012.
The spokesperson said that this policy would be applicable to only those unauthorized Marriage Palaces which have been constructed after 01.01.2012 and not to the Marriage Palaces covered under regularization policy dated 16.11.2012. He said that the building controls and other norms with respect to location, accessibility, plot size, frontage, parking, setbacks etc. as applicable to new Marriage Palaces under policy dated 16.11.2012 or as amended from time to time would be applicable. He said that no relaxation in any of the norms of policy dated 16.11.2012 would be applicable.
According to the Spokesperson the applicant has to pay CLU, EDC, LF/PF, SIF etc as applicable to new Marriage Palaces as notified vide Notification dated 06.05.2013 of the Department of Housing and Urban Development or as amended from time to time. He said that in addition to the above said charges, the applicant also has to pay the compounding fee on illegally constructed buildings of the Marriage Palace in accordance with the compounding policy of the respective Special Development Authority. The compounding fee as applicable to commercial buildings would be payable. Labour Cess at the rate of 1% of the estimated cost of the building would be payable under the Building and Other Construction Workers (regulation of employment and conditions of service) Act, 1996.
The Spokesperson further said that the CLU, EDC, LF/ PF, SIF would be payable in lump sum at the time of approval of CLU and the compounding fee would also be paid lump sum at the time of compounding of the building (s). No rebate would be payable on lump sum payment. He said that Secretary/ Principal Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department would be the Competent Authority to grant CLU under this policy. He said that Director Town and Country Planning would be the Competent Authority to compound the buildings under this policy.
Date:
Monday, December 7, 2015