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Property Registrations to be Linked to Occupancy Certificates by GHMC

Property Registrations to be Linked to Occupancy Certificates by GHMC


In order to combat illegal structures and deviation of buildings from approved building plans Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has mooted a proposal to link registration of properties to the occupancy certificate (OC) and approved plans for curbing illegal structures.

The GHMC has proposed that the registration and stamps (R&S) department should insist on the occupancy certificate (OC) for buildings and approved building plan in the approved layout while registering built up area at under construction buildings on the lines of Tamil Nadu. Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday approved the proposal put forth by the municipal corporation and asked the revenue department to make the necessary amendments. 

As per the new building rules (GO 168), according to officials, the occupancy certificate has been made compulsory for structures irrespective of its size and plot area. The OC is issued by the municipal authority only if a building is built as per the sanctioned plan on plots over 100 square metres. It is also mandatory for getting water, sewerage and electricity connections. "If the registration department makes registrations for the permitted built-up area of buildings as per the sanctioned plan, most of the unauthorized constructions will be controlled. For this, the Registration Act needs to be amended by incorporating an appropriate clause in section 21," GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu said. Though the GHMC has been giving nearly 7,000 to 8,000 building permissions a year, only 600 to 700 building owners/ builders came forward to take occupancy certificate.

The GHMC officials admit that deviations in major buildings that come up in a plot size of between 200 sq metres and 500 sq metres could be controlled with the mortgage rule, but they were not able to control structures which come up on plots below 200 sq metres, where the builders take G+1 permission and raise additional floors.

"Apart from these measures, a town planning tribunal is also being considered by the municipal administration and urban development (MA&UD) department to deal with cases pertaining to municipal town planning," the officials said.

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