CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has initiated enforcement measures against its allottees who defaulted on their outstanding licence fees.
While the allotment of 126 small flats was revoked in December, the allocation of 29 additional similar dwellings was nullified in the first week of the new year.
The CHB issued orders regarding this matter, implementing this action concerning the houses allocated under the Small Flats Scheme in Sector-49 and other localities.
The 29 houses whose allotment was recently cancelled by the CHB have pending licence fees ranging from Rs 40,000 to Rs 1.50 lakh per unit. The allottees of these properties have been instructed to vacate the flats within a month and surrender possession to the board.
The board recently published a rent defaulter list and urged allottees to settle their dues promptly, failing which their housing allotments will be cancelled. These flats were originally allocated to the allottees at a fixed licence fee.
The baseline licence fee was Rs 800 per month, which underwent subsequent modifications. However, the majority of allottees failed to remit even this instalment, resulting in licence fees worth crores of rupees remaining outstanding with the board.
In Chandigarh, while more than 18,000 houses were allotted under this scheme, currently more than 13,500 allottees have defaulted on their rental payments.
