401st meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board

Chandigarh, 11^th December, 2016: The 401^st meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board was held on 9.12.2016. The following is a gist of the major decisions that were taken by the Board :-

1.	Calculation of Penal interest in respect of Housing Scheme of Sector-63, Chandigarh.

                       The Board has decided to calculate the penal interest upon the unpaid due amount of the installments from the due date of installment instead of on the whole amount of installment in respect of General Self Financing Housing Scheme – 2008, Sector 63, Chandigarh, to facilitate the allottees of the scheme, who had, at some time or other, by mistake or otherwise, failed to pay the full due amount of the installment(s).

2.	Renting out the vacant dwelling units to the Residents Welfare Association, Sector 63, Chd.

                   The Board has accorded approval to provide vacant dwelling units on rental basis to the Registered and elected Residents Welfare Association, Sector 63, Chandigarh, as well as all other sectors/areas/colonies subject to the conditions that dwelling units will be used by the RWAs for office purposes only,  and no misuse of the property shall be allowed, and the property will be vacated as and when required by Chandigarh Housing Board, Chandigarh.

3.	Timely payment to the Contractors against the work done by them.

                   The Board has decided that the concerned officer/s should adhere to the time schedule given in the CPWD Works Manual for payment to the contractors on account of work done by them, in order to avoid payment of interest for unjustifiably delayed payments. The documents pertaining to the Sector-63 Housing project had been taken by the C.B.I and therefore, the concerned officer/s are directed to make permissible payments after deductions of the recoveries from the contractors and imposing penalties, if any are leviable. A committee consisting of 3-4 members be constituted to give a consolidated report to the Chairman, Chandigarh Housing Board, regarding status of work done and the payments released to the contractors after the close of financial year, i.e, 31^st March every year.

4.	Timely disposal of cases of Arbitration.

                   It has been decided that whenever any contractor/s invokes an arbitration clause as per the provisions of the CPWD Works Manual, Chandigarh Housing Board should appoint an Arbitrator immediately for resolution and closure of the matters.