Hyderabad
With resentment from elected representatives and residents over hefty penalties on illegal buildings, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is mulling softening the blow on unauthorised constructions.
The corporation has been slapping notices on builders who have raised structures without permission from GHMC. It has been collecting 400% on land value (government value) for non-high rise buildings and 600% for highrise and commercial buildings for adding additional floors under schedule U, section 596 of the GHMC Act.
For example, if anybody raises an unauthorised building in a 200-square yard plot in LB Nagar area, such a person has to cough up over Rs one crore as penalty, which is several times more than his land and building value.
The hefty penalty is mainly intended to discourage people from undertaking illegal constructions.
The GHMC slapped over 100 notices in Circle 9, which covers areas like Himayatnagar, Hyderguda and Liberty, L B Nagar and Kukatpally circles. Some builders paid the penalty, while the majority has not responded to the notices given by the town planning authorities.
In view of the public outcry and corporators’ request, the officials are now contemplating revisions in penalties.
Official sources said as per the proposal, the GHMC would collect building fee and 33% additional fee on permissible area and implement 400 to 600% on additional built-up area. If a builder raises Ground+three floors and only two floors are permissible on the plot area as per building rules, GHMC has now proposed to levy 33% fine on the permissible G+2 floors and 400% on the extra floor. As a result, penalty amount would drastically come down.
Even if penalties are paid by builders, illegal structures cannot get official sanctity, GHMC officials said. The building also attracts 25 per cent additional property tax every year till the building is either demolished or regularised. However, GHMC assures that building would not be bulldozed since the builder paid the penalties to the corporation.
“Imposing penalties on illegal structures under schedule U is only one of the options like demolitions, sealing of buildings and filing criminal cases against builders,” GHMC chief city planner G V Raghu said.
GHMC had a couple of months ago decided to file criminal cases against builders who undertook major illegal constructions. Criminal proceedings were initiated in about 35 cases in West Zone, while another 150 cases were identified for criminal proceedings under section 461 (4) of the GHMC Act.
At the same time, GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu asked the town planning officials to impose 33% fine on normal building fee on small and independent houses that came up without permission, but as per building norms or with minor deviations. Over 600 such buildings were identified by the town planning wing.
With resentment from elected representatives and residents over hefty penalties on illegal buildings, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is mulling softening the blow on unauthorised constructions.
The corporation has been slapping notices on builders who have raised structures without permission from GHMC. It has been collecting 400% on land value (government value) for non-high rise buildings and 600% for highrise and commercial buildings for adding additional floors under schedule U, section 596 of the GHMC Act.
For example, if anybody raises an unauthorised building in a 200-square yard plot in LB Nagar area, such a person has to cough up over Rs one crore as penalty, which is several times more than his land and building value.
The hefty penalty is mainly intended to discourage people from undertaking illegal constructions.
The GHMC slapped over 100 notices in Circle 9, which covers areas like Himayatnagar, Hyderguda and Liberty, L B Nagar and Kukatpally circles. Some builders paid the penalty, while the majority has not responded to the notices given by the town planning authorities.
In view of the public outcry and corporators’ request, the officials are now contemplating revisions in penalties.
Official sources said as per the proposal, the GHMC would collect building fee and 33% additional fee on permissible area and implement 400 to 600% on additional built-up area. If a builder raises Ground+three floors and only two floors are permissible on the plot area as per building rules, GHMC has now proposed to levy 33% fine on the permissible G+2 floors and 400% on the extra floor. As a result, penalty amount would drastically come down.
Even if penalties are paid by builders, illegal structures cannot get official sanctity, GHMC officials said. The building also attracts 25 per cent additional property tax every year till the building is either demolished or regularised. However, GHMC assures that building would not be bulldozed since the builder paid the penalties to the corporation.
“Imposing penalties on illegal structures under schedule U is only one of the options like demolitions, sealing of buildings and filing criminal cases against builders,” GHMC chief city planner G V Raghu said.
GHMC had a couple of months ago decided to file criminal cases against builders who undertook major illegal constructions. Criminal proceedings were initiated in about 35 cases in West Zone, while another 150 cases were identified for criminal proceedings under section 461 (4) of the GHMC Act.
At the same time, GHMC commissioner MT Krishna Babu asked the town planning officials to impose 33% fine on normal building fee on small and independent houses that came up without permission, but as per building norms or with minor deviations. Over 600 such buildings were identified by the town planning wing.
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