MOHALI: Deputy commissioner Aashika Jain has urged residents to get plots in illegal colonies registered without NoCs before Feb 28, which is the last date fixed by the Punjab govt.
She said that as the deadline fixed by the Punjab govt to give relief to plot holders (up to 500 square yards) for registration of their plots in unauthorised colonies was approaching, they should take maximum benefit from the policy.
The DC said that to ensure the benefit of amendment in the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation (Amendment) Act 2024, effective from Dec 1, 2024, sub section 5 under Section 20 had been introduced to give relief to plot holders for registration of their plots in unauthorised colonies. Sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars of all tehsils and sub-tehsils of Mohali district have been directed to extend the benefit of the policy to people, she said.
She added that as exemption of NoCs from the departments of housing and urban development and local bodies was valid till Feb 28, 2025, beneficiaries would be able to get registrations done as per the notification before or by the end of the day.
According to the notification, any person who, up to July 31, 2024, has entered into a power of attorney or agreement to sell on stamp paper or has any registered document with respect to the title of land for an area up to 500 square yards situated in an unauthorised colony, shall be entitled to get registration of such plot executed before a registrar, sub-registrar, or joint sub-registrar.
Further, the plot holder shall furnish an undertaking to the sub-registrar or joint sub-registrar along with the application for registration of sale deed of such plots, stating that the plot does not fall in unauthorised development raised on land falling in restricted areas along scheduled roads and national highways or any other restricted areas declared under any other central or state law. The registration and use of this plot should not contravene the provisions of the respective regional plan/master plan and other mandatory restrictions as applicable on registration of such plots.
Similarly, sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars, while registering such plots, will ensure that such plots do not fall into the following categories: Encroachment on public land, unauthorised development raised on an area notified under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013, the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Punjab Land Preservation Act, 1900, ECO Sensitive Zone (ESZ) as per the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, and the Works of Defence Act 1903, or an area covered under any other Central or State Act.
