Sub-regional plan revised by Haryana but the builders have to wait
Sub-regional plan revised by Haryana but the builders have to wait for change of land use licenses.
Real estate projects awaiting change of land use (CLU) licenses have seen a ray of hope from the state government as the department of town and country planning on Tuesday submitted a revised sub-regional plan to the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB). The builders, however, will have to wait till the board approves the revised plan.
The Punjab and Haryana high court had some time back barred the state government from issuing CLU licenses to developers or government agencies in NCR because of the same reason.
The Haryana government had earlier failed to incorporate the changes after the NCRPB had highlighted loopholes in the draft of the sub-regional plan. After a rap from the HC, the state government submitted the revised plan on Monday. Anurag Rastogi, director general of DTCP said, “We are now waiting for the board’s reply. NCRPB had asked us to add chapters on environment impact and special pockets in the plan. Other objections were technical like the mismatch of data and tables calculated both by the state and the board,”
High Court’s order on the matter
As per the HC order, the state still can’t issue CLU licenses. A source in the ministry said, “First the sub-regional plan has to be approved by the board. Then the plan for entire NCR has to be notified. This process may take time because Union urban development minister Kamal Nath hasn’t even studied the minutes of the last board meeting yet.”
The Delhi government has also raised its concerns on the provision of allowing tourism activities in the Aravallis. “Resolution of these issues may even more time,” the source added.
On January 23, a division bench of the Punjab and Haryana high court barred the state from issuing new CLUs without mandatory approval of the sub-regional plan from the NCRPB. Headed by Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, the bench was hearing petitions on alleged unregulated construction and development around Gurgaon and other NCR areas in Haryana. During the hearing, Mr. T C Gupta, the Haryana financial commissioner-cum-principal secretary assured the bench that the state government would get the requisite approval from the NCRPB within two months.
The petitioners had also challenged contents of the proposed Master Plan 2025 and 2031 of Gurgaon-Manesar region.
Source: The Times of India
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