GURUGRAM: Haryana has a backlog of 2,100 applications and 122 conveyance deeds are yet to be given despite full payments being made by applicants under the Mukhyamantri Shehri Nikay Swamitva scheme.
In the city, 102 applications of the 705 submitted till Aug 31 this year are pending, govt data shows.
“We have 102 applications pending in Gurgaon, and we are expeditiously working to clear the backlog. Out of 705 applications that we have received, 418 were approved and 185 were rejected. The application portal is no longer accepting new submissions,” an MCG official said on Monday.
Launched in June 2021, the state scheme gives ownership rights to individuals who rented or leased commercial properties from municipalities for more than two decades. The individual can get ownership of the property by paying up to 80% of its collector rate. Conveyance deed is the official document that transfers the ownership of the property from one party to another.
The problem of pending applications was raised by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini at a review meeting in Chandigarh on Oct 24.
The CM instructed officials that the execution of conveyance deeds under the scheme should be implemented through elected representatives. Displeased about the time being taken to clear the applications, CM Saini on Nov 9 punished the joint commissioners of Gurgaon and Ambala, and an executive officer of Nuh corporation by ordering deduction of 15 days of their salaries. Subsequently, the commissioner and secretary of urban local bodies (ULB) department Vikas Gupta instructed officials to execute conveyance deeds for pending cases under the scheme by Nov 12.
Individuals who apply for the scheme can get ownership rights on payment of collector rate and the duration for which the land was rented by them.
The payment amount reduces in a graded manner depending on the time that the property has been rented for. For instance, those who rented the property for 25 years have to pay 75% of the collector rate for ownership, and those who rented for 30 years have to pay 70%.
In April last year, the vigilance department found in an inquiry that an MCG zonal taxation officer (ZTO) transferred the ownership of a shop to his son’s name through the Swamitva scheme by allegedly misusing his official position.
