Building owners will get one last chance
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
10 Nov, 2006 0018hrs IST
HUBLI: The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation is all set to do a Delhi as regards regularising illegal commercial buildings. But before that, it is giving one final chance for building owners to fall in line.
If owners of commercial buildings having built-up area of over 2,000 sqft fail to obtain the completion certificate (CC) or building permission before November 30, the corporation will proceed to take strict action, which will involve eviction of tenants and sealing the building in three phases HDMC commissioner P Manivannan cautioned.
The HDMC has also come out with a series of measures aimed at simplifying the procedures of getting the completion certificate as part of its endeavour to regularise 407 illegal commercial buildings in the twin cities.
In the first phase, Manivannan said the municipal corporation will take up regularisation of about 120 buildings that have already been listed in the HDMC website www.hdmc.gov.in. Occupants or those doing business in major complexes have been asked to log on to the website to ensure whether their building is listed in the website. If it is, then such owners should apply for CC by submitting an application in a prescribed form that is available at the concerned zonal office.
Manivannan said if the HDMC is satisfied that there are no major deviations or violations of building bylaws, it will ensure that one gets the CC within a week. Otherwise, the owners will be liable to pay penalty, he added.
And those who have already submitted applications and awaiting a CC need not panic as the corporation will not take action, provided they produce proof of such application by collecting an extract of the application.
To avail the extract of the application, they should approach the concerned zonal offices and make an application. If such extract is not given within seven days of making application, they can directly lodge their complaint with the commissioner through email (mani300bc@gmail.com).
Where occupants of such buildings have already obtained CC, they still need to produce a photostat copy of the CC before the concerned zonal office for deletion of their name from the list before November 30.
To eliminate any kind of nepotism and discrepancies, Manivannan said they have constituted three task forces headed by the concerned division executive engineers and NGOs.
In case of buildings built without valid building permission, the commissioner said such builders should immediately submit a revised building plan to the office of the deputy director of town planning (HDMC) before November 21.
If the building has been built before 1976, HDMC will not take any action unless it has other reasons, he said adding that owners of such buildings have to declare the details with necessary proof before the concerned zonal office before November 30.
Explaining the significance of such a drive, Manivannan said under Section 310 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, occupation of any building without a valid CC from the municipal corporation is illegal and punishable offence. Also, such buildings are liable to be sealed by the Corporation after evicting the occupants.
Such an action is necessary in the interest of citizens as buildings,which are occupied without CC will generally not be certified by HDMC, fire department or electrical inspectorate and hence they are prone to cause problems like traffic bottlenecks, fire tragedies, among other nuisance, he asserted.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
10 Nov, 2006 0018hrs IST
HUBLI: The Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation is all set to do a Delhi as regards regularising illegal commercial buildings. But before that, it is giving one final chance for building owners to fall in line.
If owners of commercial buildings having built-up area of over 2,000 sqft fail to obtain the completion certificate (CC) or building permission before November 30, the corporation will proceed to take strict action, which will involve eviction of tenants and sealing the building in three phases HDMC commissioner P Manivannan cautioned.
The HDMC has also come out with a series of measures aimed at simplifying the procedures of getting the completion certificate as part of its endeavour to regularise 407 illegal commercial buildings in the twin cities.
In the first phase, Manivannan said the municipal corporation will take up regularisation of about 120 buildings that have already been listed in the HDMC website www.hdmc.gov.in. Occupants or those doing business in major complexes have been asked to log on to the website to ensure whether their building is listed in the website. If it is, then such owners should apply for CC by submitting an application in a prescribed form that is available at the concerned zonal office.
Manivannan said if the HDMC is satisfied that there are no major deviations or violations of building bylaws, it will ensure that one gets the CC within a week. Otherwise, the owners will be liable to pay penalty, he added.
And those who have already submitted applications and awaiting a CC need not panic as the corporation will not take action, provided they produce proof of such application by collecting an extract of the application.
To avail the extract of the application, they should approach the concerned zonal offices and make an application. If such extract is not given within seven days of making application, they can directly lodge their complaint with the commissioner through email (mani300bc@gmail.com).
Where occupants of such buildings have already obtained CC, they still need to produce a photostat copy of the CC before the concerned zonal office for deletion of their name from the list before November 30.
To eliminate any kind of nepotism and discrepancies, Manivannan said they have constituted three task forces headed by the concerned division executive engineers and NGOs.
In case of buildings built without valid building permission, the commissioner said such builders should immediately submit a revised building plan to the office of the deputy director of town planning (HDMC) before November 21.
If the building has been built before 1976, HDMC will not take any action unless it has other reasons, he said adding that owners of such buildings have to declare the details with necessary proof before the concerned zonal office before November 30.
Explaining the significance of such a drive, Manivannan said under Section 310 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, occupation of any building without a valid CC from the municipal corporation is illegal and punishable offence. Also, such buildings are liable to be sealed by the Corporation after evicting the occupants.
Such an action is necessary in the interest of citizens as buildings,which are occupied without CC will generally not be certified by HDMC, fire department or electrical inspectorate and hence they are prone to cause problems like traffic bottlenecks, fire tragedies, among other nuisance, he asserted.
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