399th Meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board

Chandigarh, 28^th September, 2016: The 399^th meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board was held today. The following is a gist of the major decisions that were taken by the Board:-

1.     Grant of Adhoc Bonus, Diwali Gift & Honorarium to employees of CHB, on the occasion of Diwali-2016.

The Board has approved grant of honorarium @ Rs.2000/-, Bonus @ Rs.3500/- and Diwali Gift of Rs.1000/- to all the employees including deputationists working in Chandigarh Housing Board.  All the above benefits shall be paid out of the profits of Chandigarh Housing Board.

1.     Need based changes in Chandigarh Housing Board DUs: yearly penal charge for constructions not in accordance to permissible area, ground coverage, building byelaws etc.                                                                                                                                                                                             

Deferred till the survey of all the residential/commercial units is to be completed i.e. 31.10.2016.

2.     Formulation of Uniform Policy to restore all the dwelling units which have been cancelled due to nonpayment of installments

The Board has decided to formulate a uniform policy to restore all the dwelling units which have been cancelled due to non payment of instalments, subject to payment of all outstanding dues/ instalments, penal interest, revival charges etc., as applicable.

3.     Hosting of Seminar for Indian Building Congress.

The Board has accorded the approval for Chandigarh Housing Board to be an institutional member of the Indian Building Congress and also accorded approval to host the seminar of IBC which is likely to be held during the month of November- December 2016.

4.     Review of appeals 

A number of cases are pending in the Supreme Court of India, High Court and other Courts regarding giving false statements / affidavits regarding not having a house in the name of the applicant or his/her wife/ husband or any of his/her dependent relations including unmarried children, while applying for the allotment of a dwelling unit under the various schemes floated by the Chandigarh Housing Board.

After detailed deliberation, the board has decided to formulate a uniform policy to restore all such dwelling units subject to payment of all outstanding dues, revival charges etc. and penal charges as under :- 

                   1.       EWS houses         -        5% of existing market value.

                   2.       LIG houses           -        10% of the existing market value.

                   3.       MIG houses                   -        15% of the existing market value.

                   4.       HIG houses          -        20% of the existing market value.

                   5.       HIG (Upper) houses-     25% of the existing market value.

                   6.       HIG (Indep) houses-      30% of the existing market value.

                   5.       Commercial units -        50% of the existing market value.

It was decided that this policy shall give a window of approximately 3 months until 31.12.2016 to all those allottees who may be interested in regularizing their possessions or in having their possessions restored and matters regularized on payment of above cited penal charges. This window will remain operational uptill 31.12.2016. If any of the allottees does not avail of the existing policy by paying the penal amount as stipulated above, the existing legal procedures / legal frameworks will apply.

5.     Purchase of Land/ sites/FSI in areas adjoining UT of Chandigarh.      

After detailed deliberation, the board has accorded the approval to go ahead with the proposal and invite expressions of interest on the following conditions:-

1.                 For sites with FSI:

i)                   Site should have minimum 25,00,000sq.ft. FSI available within one mega project/township.

ii)      Site should be free-hold and should be free from encumbrances (should not have been mortgaged/no lien marked on the land).

iii)          Site location should not exceed the distance of 1 KM from the border of Chandigarh.

iv)           Town-ship should have been approved by the competent authority and should have all necessary permissions for construction.

v)                Group Housing Site should be adjoining a 200 ft. wide road.

vi)              Site should be accessible by a public road.

2.       Land Sites:

i)                   Site should have minimum 25 acres of land.

ii)      Site should be free-hold and should be free from encumbrances (should not have been mortgaged/no lien marked on the land).

iii)         Site should be within the sectoral grid e.g. Mohali sectoral grid or Panchkula sectoral grid or any other recognized and approved sectoral grid adjoining Chandigarh (including Himachal Pradesh).

iv)            Site/land should have been approved by the competent authority and should have all necessary permissions for construction.

v)                Land Site should be adjoining a 200 ft. wide road.

vi)              Land should be accessible by a public road.

The Board also decided to go in for public private partnerships with members of the public who were land holders/ who had land holdings and who were willing to go for a partnership with Chandigarh Housing Board, whereby no upfront payment will be made to the land holders and public private partnership will proceed on profit sharing arrangements. The matter regarding land lying vacant in the IT park (earlier allotted to M/s Parsvnath Developers Limited) was discussed in detail and it was decided that the Board should go ahead with the existing approvals and the existing plans, on its own.  

6.     Development of Senior Citizens’ Homes.

The Board had decided in its 397^th Meeting that the Chandigarh Housing Board, should build Senior Citizen’s Homes for the welfare of the Senior Citizens of Chandigarh. After detailed deliberation, the Board has decided to quickly appraise the ‘Senior Citizen’s Homes’ housing concept, developed for Senior Citizen’s in Pune in the month of October- November 2016. 

7.     Basic Amenities at Rehabilitation Colony, Dhanas- construction of shops

It was apprised to the Board that there is lack of basic amenities i.e, Shops at the rehabilitation colony, Dhanas.  After detailed deliberation, the Board has accorded approval to construct shops in the rehabilitation colony, Dhanas. The Estate Officer, U.T., Chandigarh was requested to earmark the land for construction of shops in the rehabilitation colony, Dhanas, Chandigarh.

8.     Basic Amenities at Chandigarh Housing Board Colonies, - construction of libraries/ study rooms, with Wi-Fi facilities. 

                    

It was apprised to the Board that there is need for construction of libraries/ study facilities with provision of Wi-Fi facility, for children residing in Chandigarh Housing Board colonies. After detailed deliberations, the Board has accorded approval to construct the libraries/ study rooms with provision of Wi-Fi facility, in various Chandigarh Housing Board colonies. The RWAs of the respective colonies shall take care for security/ upkeep/ maintenance of these libraries and study facilities. The Estate Officer, U.T., Chandigarh, was requested to earmark the land for construction of such libraries/ study facilities in various Chandigarh Housing Board colonies.