Soon after the government rolled out the layout regularisation scheme (LRS), 7,220 applications have been filed from Hyderabad alone, indicating the extent of illegal layouts/plots in the city.
Since September 7, the day the scheme was relaunched, 1,08,505 applications have been filed across the state, including Greater Hyderabad limits and gram panchayats. Officials said that on an average, around 700 applicants whose plots fall in GHMC limits are approaching the civic body every day to regularise their plots/layouts.
An advance amount of Rs 72 lakh towards LRS fee for the 7,220 applications has already been paid. The last date to file the applications is October 15. Officials said once an application is approved, the owner will have to pay the complete fee.
MAUD officials said the number of applications would steadily rise in the coming days. “We are expecting over one lakh applications across the state. After the approval, the applicants will have to pay the fee before January 2021,” said a MAUD official.
Applicants rushing to regularise their plots can be attributed to the recent memo issued by the registration and stamps department.
The new memo mandates that only regularised plots are eligible for registration.
Applicants can apply by visiting MeeSeva centres or by logging on to https://lrs.telangana.gov.in/ Applications can also be submitted by visiting GHMC’s citizen service centres where the officials will accept the applications only if the land is located in GHMC limits. As per norms, only those layouts and sub-division of plots with registered sale deed/title deed existing as on August 2020 would be considered for regularisation, officials explained. Applicants should furnish copies of the sale deed/title deed.
For individual plot owners, the registration fee is Rs 1,000 and for developers, the fee is Rs 10,000.
Sites, plots which are under legal disputes, ceiling surplus lands/government lands/endowments lands/waqf lands/shikam lands and entered in the prohibitory register of lands maintained by the revenue department would not be considered for regularisation under these rules.
