As the proposal to seek nod for regularising many illegal colonies was excluded from the recent empowered committee agenda, the wait of plot owners to procure lease deeds is growing longer.
In the absence of lease deeds (patta), the developmental work in colonies would suffer. As per records, there are 63 colonies falling under the Prithvi Raj Nagar (PRN) scheme. Similarly, the JDA is also waiting to seek directions to regularise colonies situated on ‘mandir mafi’ land. There are over 75 colonies in PRN scheme which are developed on this land.
An official said, in many colonies, the housing societies have illegally developed plots on the facility area (open spaces, parks, stadiums). An official said, “Before regularising, the JDA has to seek guidance. As per the mandatory rule, a society owner has to develop a society in 60:40 ratio. While, plotting should be done on 60%, remaining 40% should be reserved for roads, parks, open space to develop water tank, etc.”
The housing society owners have developed plots on the area which was earmarked to develop facilities in Master Plan 2011.
Residents of these schemes will remain deprived of facilities even after regularisation of the schemes due to unequal development as no land is left to develop the facility. A writ petition, 1554/2000 on this matter was also filed in the high court.
Likewise, after the Supreme Court had issued many orders regarding regularisation of colonies on ‘mandir mafi’ land. A proposal was forwarded to seek legal opinion and after examining all the orders, lease deeds will be given to the plot owners. “Earlier, we were thinking to table the proposal in empowered committee meeting. Now, the meeting will not be held in near future, we will send it to the state government directly,” the official said.
The JDA will also seek directions on regularisation of residential plots situated on 80-feet wide roads in PRN scheme. Recently, the civic body has decided to give only commercial lease deeds on plots on 80-feet road. However, there are many owners who are utilising the plots for residential purpose and do not want to spend extra to seek commercial lease deeds.
