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Now, floor-wise regularisation
of flats
August 08, 2007
Sharmila Rajan, a resident of Rajinder Nagar, can now finally get
her flat regularised after living in fear of demolitions for months
now. She is not alone. There are lakhs of Delhiites like her who
will get relief as the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday
announced that owners of builder flats no longer have to apply for
regularisation together. Instead each flat owner — up to second-floor
— can now apply individually from Thursday onwards.
A large number of people living in plotted colonies like Rajinder
Nagar, Rajouri Garden, Patel Nagar, Lajpat Nagar etc couldn’t
apply for regularisation as the other flat owners of the building
weren’t interested in applying for it. But now even if there
is a fourstoreyed building the owners of ground, first and second
floors can apply for regularisation. Said Rajan: ‘‘This
is a major relief for me as I had been trying to convince all the
flat owners of my building to apply for regularisation but no one
was interested. Some of them only use the flat for six months and
so they didn’t want to spend so much money on it.’’
Added Neelam Seth from Rajouri Garden: ‘‘Since a lot of
flats in Delhi are simply rented
out, the owners of those flats don’t want to apply for regularisation
as they will have to demolish the illegal portion besides paying a
huge amount. I had been facing a lot of problems due to this. But
now I will no longer have to suffer and beg others to abide by the
law.’’
However, if two families live on the same floor, they will have to
apply together. Said standing committee chairman Vijender Gupta: ‘‘If
there are two separate dwellings on the same floor, they will have
to apply together.’’ This scheme has been introduced keeping
in view the provisions of the Master
Plan 2021. Said Gupta:
‘‘The MPD provides for regularisation of residential plotted
housing in terms of additional coverage on payment of prescribed fees.’’
Meanwhile, even as there is provision in MPD 2021 for regularisation
of third-floors in plot sizes between 75 square metres and 250 square
metres based on their floor coverage area, a large number of thirdfloor
owners still cannot apply for regularisation as the matter is still
under consideration of the Supreme Court. MCD has been unable to give
answers regarding how they are going to provide infrastructure for
the additional floors.
But those who have got relief under this new scheme can now apply
by giving an application of having acquired ownership rights either
through registered sale deed or through power of attorney for regularisation.
Along with that they will have to submit two copies of the existing
building plan, a stability certificate from an engineer and a certificate
from a qualified architect clarifying what part of the flat is permissible
under MPD 2021.
LEGAL TAG, FINALLY: The move is expected to benefit residents of plotted
colonies like Rajinder Nagar and Lajpat Nagar.
Source: The Times of India |
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