Layout Regularization Scheme LRS and Building Penalization Scheme BPS Clarification
There has been a New Notification from Government of Telangana as on November 2015 where in they are giving opportunity for buildings to go Legit which were build on Jan 1, 1985 and Oct 28, 2015.
Details can be found at:
http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/2015MAUD_MS151.pdf
http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/2015MAUD_MS152.pdf
There has been a New Notification from Government of Telangana as on November 2015 where in they are giving opportunity for buildings to go Legit which were build on Jan 1, 1985 and Oct 28, 2015.
Details can be found at:
http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/2015MAUD_MS151.pdf
http://www.ghmc.gov.in/tender%20pdfs/2015MAUD_MS152.pdf
Few more details from the previous schemes:
1. Unauthorized building uses falling in appeal clause i.e, permissible
on appeal, by the Competent Authority should be considered by Commissioner or
Municipal Council.
Such cases should be considered by the Commissioner only.
2. Residential Apartments in commercial land use for stilt +
5 floors, but constructed cellar floor and ground floor with shops. Can these
be considered under BPS.
Yes, however shops constructed in area earmarked for parking
(stilt floor) cannot be considered under BPS.
3. Cases of individual commercial buildings on plot area of less
than 300 sq m unauthorized construction with cellar floor used for shops, Can
such shops be considered under BPS?
No. Cellar cannot be used for conducting business.
4. Construction coming
within 100 ft of Railway boundary Can it be considered under BPS?
Such cases have to obtain prior clearance from Railway
authorities.
5 Is it enough if only conversion charges are levied in LRS without
referring change of land use from Government?
Yes, and in all such
cases comprehensive change of land use proposals are required to be submitted
and incorporated at a later date.
6 Whether building raised in deviation of the sanctioned
plan obtained as per G. O. Ms. No. 86 M.A&U.(M1)Department, dated
03-03-2006, in a plot area of 125 sq. yards can be allowed for regularization
as per the B.P.S. Scheme.
Cannot be considered.
7. Applied for regularization as per earlier BRS scheme under
G. O. Ms. No. 419 M.A&U.D(M1)Department, dated 30-07-1998, it is requested
to permit the pending files disposed as per G. O. Ms. No. 419
M.A&U.D(M1)Dept, dated 30-07-1998.
Since earlier BRS is repealed, no regularization can be done
under that scheme. However amounts paid earlier may be adjusted towards the penal
amount levied under present BPS.
8. A) Permission has been granted for apartments in unapproved
layout duly collecting building permission security fee, betterment charges,
development charges and 10% shortfall of open spaces. The flat owners are coming
up for regularization under BPS; whether the plot has to be regulated under
BPS: if deducted from BPS charges: if the plot has to be regulated whether penalization
charges be levied on the individual flat owner.
Plots / Flats can be regulated under BPS on payment of full
penalization charges as applicable.
B) Permission has been granted for individual residential building
in unapproved layout duly collecting BPF, betterment charges, development
charges, 10% shortfall of open space charges. The applicants are coming up for regularization
deviations, whether plot has to be regulated, if so can the betterment charges,
development charges be deducted.
Plots need not be regulated under LRS
where permissions have already been granted in Unauthorized layouts.
C) As per G. O. Ms.
No. 423, M.A&U.D(M1)Department Dated 31-07-1998, building line for plots
above 300 sq. m can be maintained according to road width, where as the plot
areas below 300 sq. m the building line cannot be maintained as the front set
back vary according to plot area and is not governed by any road width, whether
the building line for plots below 300 sq. m be maintained according to road
width or not.
The building line will be front setback for the plots below
300 sq. Meters.
9. A) The slums in Nuzvid town
which are covered partly in all the wards were notified in the year 1994. The
posh buildings in the notified slums are also availing 50% reduction in penal
amount on par with ordinary building of same land value. Therefore the council
members suggested that there should be differentiation in penal amount of posh
buildings and ordinary buildings.
If the Municipal commissioner is of the
opinion that said building are not part of slums, or categorized as slums ,
then these need to be processed as per BPS Rules.
B) The minimum road width required
for regulation of unauthorized layouts in LRS is 30’ in most of the unauthorized
layouts. The members have suggested that minimum widths should be suitably
modified so as to cover unauthorized layouts having road widths below 30’.
Not agreed
10. Plot holders with GPA,
agreement of sale or under installment scheme should also be allowed to get
their plots regularized.
In such cases, only Plot holders
with registered GPA are eligible for regularization of their plots under LRS.
11. The builder has retained
terrace rights of tall the buildings which is mentioned in the sale deed. To
clarify as on date who has to file the CDS and Fire Safety NOC application and
bear the penalties for the regularization of the construction.
The owner of the building/ portion
of the building falling in High Rise building has to file the application and
obtain NOC from Fire Services Dept.
12 a). When already regularization
charges were paid and permission of regularization obtained / not obtained
under various schemes from 1992 to 1998, whether rules under reference are
applicable to them.
a) If the building is already regularized
under earlier scheme, the present rules will not be applicable
b). When local authority has
already forfeited the Security deposit for violation of the sanctioned plan,
whether the said amount will be deducted from penalization charges payable
under these rules.
b) No, Security Deposit cannot be deducted
from penalization charges.
c). when the height of the
building is below permitted area and constructions are made in the setback
sites, there will be excess parking area and in that excess parking area if any
construction is made whether it will also be regularized.
c) The constructions made in the area
earmarked for parking space can not be regularized.
d). Whether NOC from Fire
Department is required for a small room / flat constructed below the water tank
on terrace of the 5th floor.
d) Yes, any residential building
of height more than 18 mt requires NOC from Fire Services Department.
e). Whether penalization charges
paid earlier can be adjusted.
e) Yes . The charges paid under earlier BRS
Scheme can be adjusted towards the penal charges under BPS.
13 Buildings constructed in
violation of sanctioned plan granted in terms of G.O.Ms.No.86 M.A&U.D.
Department, Dated 3-3-06 be included in the BPS scheme in the interest of the
large and middle class public.
No
4 a) Penalization of buildings be
permitted based on Notarized and Municipal Assessments because most of the constructions
are not having registered documents. If this case is considered most of the
area can be covered under the Scheme and considerable revenue will come.
a) No. penalization can be done in the cases
where the applicants have registered documents / title deed.
b). to deduct the fees and charges
paid to Municipality on the rejected building applications on technical ground.
b) Not agreed to.
c). Consider the BPS in case of
Residential buildings constructed in Public and Semi public land use area and industrial
use area because most of the residential buildings are constructed on the above
land use areas.
c) Agreed to.
15. In an apartment having plot
area of 1000 sq. mtrs and permission taken for Residential but constructed a
retail shops in ground floor with a floor area of 20.00 to 25.00 sq. meters in
each shop. Now the shop owner having registered documents for retail sop only
is liable to pay double the penal charges for commercial @ Rss.40/= ( below 100
sq. meters of use or Rs.200/- ( above 1000 sq. meters of use for entire
apartment.
The penal rates for plots area of above
1000 sq. meter have to be insisted in such cases.
16 Rule 9.1 states that buildings
that are not in conformity with land use approved in Master Plan / ZDP shall
not be regulated under the scheme whereas Government issued revised orders in
G.O.Ms.No. 112 M.A&U.D(M1) Department,Dated 31-01-2008, wherein the said
rule was deleted, Accordingly the buildings that are constructed in contravention
to the master plan land use can also be regularized under BPS. In such case
whether conversion charges according to land use need to be collected where the
buildings constructed in non confirming land uses are regulated, apart from
penalization charges.
Conversion charges
according to land use need to be collected where the buildings are constructed
in non conforming land uses.
17 Smt. V. Swarna Kumari has filed
a case in the Legal Services Authority in Gudivada regarding BRS 1998. The application
was not disposed in time. The applicant t has filed P.L.C. in the Legal
Services Authority Gudivada on 12-1-07. The Hon’ble Judge has instructed to
clarify with the superior authority whether the BRS application can be disposed.
Since earlier BRS Act is repealed,
no regularization can be done under that
scheme.
18 To clarify whether the plans
can be approved by the Municipality without handing over of the layout by VGTMUDA
under the BPS Scheme as Municipality is the competent authority to approve the
plans under BPS.
Yes. Commissioner of the concerned
Municipality/ Corporation is the competent authority to approve the plans under
BPS.
19 As per Government orders LPS
Scheme is applicable to layouts where plot s have been sold by Registered sale deed
before the date of Notification i.e 31-12-2007 M/s. Munickchand Farms developed
a layout and 80% plots have been sold and 20% plots unsold. They have requested
to regularize the unsold plots. Sri. T. Papa Rao and another have purchased
11430 sq. yards land and subdivided into plots without obtaining prior permission,
and have not yet sold out any plot. Whether they can be considered under LRS
Scheme.
In case of unsold plots, the land owner/
layout owner have to make application for approval of layout for the unsold
portion. As some of the plots have come up for regularization, the layout
pattern as regularized will be freezed and the same will be adopted for unsold plots
also. However the shortfall of open space for the unsold area shall be
earmarked and all fees and charges have to be paid as per the present rates.
20 Building plans were approved as
per G.O.423 M.A&U.D (M1) Department Dt.31-07-1998, and are at various
stages of construction, and they have filed under BPS and these are not
processed. To clarify whether they can be considered under BPS.
As per BPS rules, all the constructions
which have been completed (slab laid) before 15-12-07 are eligible for
penalization.
21 BRS. 22 applications though
complete in all respects, proceedings have not been issued, in respect of 84 applications
though complete in all respects the competent authority has not passed orders,
and in respect of 308 applications only part penal amount was paid, and the applicant
is requesting to adjust against the present scheme.
Since earlier BRS Act is repealed,
no regularization can be done under that scheme. The applicants have to apply
under present BPS. However the amounts paid earlier under BRS will be adjusted
against penal charges under present BPS.
22 In BPS, Rules it is presumed
that the buildings constructed in residential zone being used for commercial,
double penalization charges shall apply. And in case buildings constructed with
residential permission in commercial zone then penalization charges shall apply
as per annexure - I (Table A).
In case of commercial buildings constructed
without any permission, the penal charges shall be double the penal charges of
commercial buildings as in the case buildings which have permission but been converted
from other uses to commercial use.
