Committees constituted in muncipalities in Haryana

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 9
The Haryana Government has   constituted committees in its municipalities  which would be empowered to  give sanction or refusal to the building plans for the plots situated  within the municipal limit not forming parts of controlled areas so as to dispose off building plans applications within 60 days of receipt of applications.

            Stating this here today, a spokesman of Urban Local Bodies Department said that these committees have been constituted in all the municipalities under Section 201 and 250 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 with a view to grant  sanction or refusal of  the building plans pending with the municipality for more than one month due to not holding of the meeting of the elected House. These Committees or the Executive Officers concerned have been empowered for granting sanction or refusal to such building plans.

He said that the situation when the building plans received in the Municipal Committee could not be disposed off within the stipulated time leads to consider deemed sanction of building plans which results in illegal constructions as well as litigations. He said that the Secretaries of the Municipal Committees have been directed to ensure that the meeting of the elected house is held once in every month.

            He said that for Municipal Councils, the Committees for this purpose have been constituted under the chairmanship of the Executive Officer and the other members of the committee would be Municipal Engineer and Building Inspector.   For Municipal Committees, the Committees for this purpose have been constituted under the chairmanship of the Secretary and Municipal Engineer and Building Inspector would be other members.