New Norms slow down Property Registration
Registration of property transactions has witnessed a steep decline in the capital. In nearly all districts, the sub registrar offices have seen the number of registrations come down sharply. New norms in registration of property transactions is the reason for decline in the number of registrations. The state government has made it mandatory to produce a building sanction plan and structural safety certificate as a pre-requisite to any form of registry. Some offices are witnessing registration of just 7 to 8 each day against the previous average of 100.
The Delhi government’s revenue department on March 30 issued an order banning registration of transactions of all structures not supported by sanctioned building plans or where sanctioned plans show major structural deviations.
The government particularly looked at the cases where structural deviations were non-compoundable in nature. “Now the vendor and vendee are also required to furnish a certificate of structural safety issued by the competent authority ,” stated the order. The decision was taken after a review showed unchecked growth of unsafe and unauthorized construction.
The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Tejendra Khanna, in a review meeting held in January , emphasized the need for a special task force to crack down on land sharks and unauthorized construction. The issue of introducing stringent measures to focus on structural safety was also discussed . The March 30 order of the state came as a follow-up action to the meeting. Since the order came into the force, the offices of the sub registrar’s , which witnessed frenzied activity earlier, have seen little business as most applicants still come without the requisite documents.
In southwest district, nearly 80 to 90 property transactions were registered every day before the new norms were implemented . In comparison, only seven registrations took place at the officer on Monday. The number was 10 on Tuesday . In east Delhi too the situation is same. While earlier over 100 registrations took place, the number has now come down to 10 now.
According to sources, the problem lies in the fact that most properties that have sanction plans lack structural safety certificates as this was never asked for earlier. But now faced with this directive they are caught in a dilemma.
Ramesh Kant, a resident of Paschim Vihar, explains it. “My father built the house we live in. It is over 30 years old. Now we want to sell the house. But a visit to the registrar’s office has put us in a dilemma as they want a structural safety certificate. We have all other documents, including a sanction plan. Now who would give us a structural safety certificate for a 30 year old construction ? I want to sell it to a builder who would be demolishing it to rebuild on the land and I feel spending money on reinforcing the house to get a structural safety certificate may not be of much use,” said Kant. Others like him feel the intent is good but its execution didn’t take into account the ground reality and the practical problems.
The revenue department has written to the MCD , asking it to empanel more architects and engineers. Senior officials in the department said they had expected the registrations to come down after the directive. But with Delhi falling in seismic zone IV, the government can’t ignore the structural safety anymore, said an official.
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When DDA sold the flats they did not give any plans. To the buyers. Since buyers have no say in the policy matters the properties were. Treated as safe and it was considered that the Government Managed housing body would have gone through all the motions necessary for building the flats : be it approval of plans / safety clearances before allotment to the buyers. Now the buyers feel they have been cheated by the DDA in as much as they are unable to supply copy of “SANCTIONED BUILDING PLAN” to the buyers.
At this stage when the same government managed agency is unable to provide copies of APPROVED building plans why are the authorities insisting upon so called sanctioned plan etc?
It appears the Governance levels have nose-dived and people at the helm of governance have stopped applying their mind before issuance of such draconian notifications. The very fact that even the Government’s own buildings do not have any sanctioned plans what is their right to place a blanket ban on registration of Sale deeds / rent agreements and similar other instruments ? It would be considered a cruel joke played b y the govt on the common man if this notification is not withdrawn forthwith. Let them firstly arrange for Providi
The. Sanctioned plans to the millions of DDA allottees before enforcing any such rules and also notify the agencies approved for issuance of the specified documents. This is going to be yet another. Boost to corrupt practices already prevailing in MCD /DDA.