Punjab Governor: UT to Seek Legal Advice on Property and Land Dispute

                Chandigarh: The UT administration will take a 
legal advice and act on issues including ban on 
share-wise properties, misuse penalty notices, 
one-time scheme for VAT cases and 
other citizen demands, said Punjab governor 
and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria 
during the Administrator’s Advisory Council 
(AAC) meeting held on Saturday.
The administrator said a follow-up meeting 
with the chairpersons of the council’s sub-
committees and other key dignitaries to 
resolve long-standing issues and guide policy 
decisions 
will be held.
Senior UT officials will also be present in the 
meeting and share their response on these 
issues. The administrator also suggested 
forming small working groups for in-depth 
deliberations on the issues for a time bound 
redressal of the key issues and demands.

Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari also stressed 
on the need to re-evaluate governance 
paradigm of the city and giving due role the 
people’s representatives in the decision 
making.

In the matter of seeking permission for the 
floor-wise registries in UT Chandigarh, Tewari 
said the Chandigarh administration has 
misinterpreted the judgment of the Supreme 
Court.
On the suggestion of approaching the apex 
court on the issue, senior BJP leader Sanjay 
Tandon said that the administration should 
decide at its own level on the issue and allow 
for 
the share-wise properties. Tandon supported 
allowing floor-wise registry in the city.
Former Chandigarh MP Satya Pal Jain said 
provision of apartmentalisation is misused by 
the property dealers.

Chandigarh Congress president H S Lucky 
raised the issues of non-implementation of 
MSME Act in the Union Territory, conversion of 
leasehold commercial and industrial to 
freehold. 
He also strongly demanded the withdrawal of 
misuse penalty notices being sent to industrial 
and commercial units.

The demand for a review of the Chandigarh 
Master Plan was also raised. Council member 
Pankaj Khanna said, it was high time the 
Chandigarh Master Plan was reviewed in line 
with 
the changing needs and requirements of the 
city, particularly, master plan provision of 
‘urban renewal’ should be worked upon.

Raising the issue of composition and working 
of the Chandigarh Heritage Conservation 
Committee, MPS Chawla, president, 
Chandigarh Industrial Association, said, that it 
should be 
re-organised and representation to different 
sections of society should be given in the 
committee.
Charanjiv Singh, president, Chandigarh Beopar 
Mandal, said, “As seven years have passed 
since end of Vat regime, still notice of crores of 
rupees are being issued to traders. So, 
OTS scheme for assessment of old vat cases 
should be introduced on Punjab Pattern to give 
relief to traders. It will also give revenue to 
state.” Chandigarh mayor Kuldeep Kumar 
said water connections outside the lal dora 
should be exptended.




Source: Times of India