During 2012 also 8 Colonizers were booked

Four Colonizers booked for carving out unauthorized colonies in Ferozepur

Ferozepur,October 14, 2016 : On failure of the colonizers to get the unauthorized colonies carved out by them regularized after paying some fee, Ferozepur police booked four colonizers under Section 420 for getting the formal approval from Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority – GLADA.

First getting a land registered and then carving out unauthorized colonies in Punjab, is common and colonizers are minting money by violating the norms of registration of land for a particular purpose.

Sources say that there are 30 per cent people lives in the rented houses in Punjab and cannot buy the plots at the existing higher rates and in case the present trend continues, there would be 70 per cent tenants.

All the four cases (FIR No. 113, 114, 115 and 116) have been registered in the police station Kulgarhi on the complaint of Junior Engineer at office of Additional Chief Administrator GLADA Shashi Bhushan. The cases have been booked Unsder Section 420 IPC and section 36(1) and 36(3) of Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act 1965 against the owners of the above mentioned colonies- Nava Purba, Kalra Colony Ferozepur Faridkot Road, Gurnam Singh Colony Satiye Wala and Cantonment Enclave colony in Satiye Wala respectively.

Sources said, no arrest has been made so far but there is a panic among the people who have purchased the plots and built the houses in these unauthorized colonies.

There are about two dozen such colonies in Ferozepur for which no approval has been obtained from PUDA by the colonizers and no facility of basic amenities like sewerage, water, roads, street lights etc. are provided by them, as per the rules and regulations of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act 1965.

The registration of plots in unauthorized colonies was stopped by the government resulting in loss of huge revenue to the government.

Last time Colonizer Association, Ferozepur had a meeting under the chairmanship of Manu Sharma, President, Anti-Crime and Social Organization, Punjab, had appealed  to the Punjab Government to give relaxation in the conditions for carving out colonies, to give relief to the investors and also to increase the government revenue.

He also stated that it is very difficult for any colonizer to abide by the conditions laid down for approval of new colonies.  There is a need to give relaxation in conditions so that the colonizers carving out unauthorized colonies are ready to get those approved from PUDA.

Talking about the conditions he said, “Due to high cost of land, it is difficult for the colonizers to do a profitable business with the existing condition of leaving 45 per cent open space in the colony which should be reduced to 30 per cent”.

It is pertinent to mention here that during the months of June and July, 2012, eight colonizers were booked for carving out unauthorised colonies in Ferozepur, at Ali Ke Road, Nawan Purba via Satiawala and Aggar Nagar Satiawala and Guru Nanak Nagar,  under Punjab Apartment and Property and Regulation Act 1995 (PAPPRA) without getting any permission from the Municipal Council and certain colonizers were also booked on the written complaint of Executive Officer, Municipal Council alleging for non-deposit of water, sewerage and basic track charges with the municipal council.

Sources in the real estate sector reveals that carving out a residential colony without obtaining licence under the provisions of PAPRA and fulfilling other statutory conditions is such a lucrative business that the colonizers will go to any length to keep the regulatory body till the time the plots are sold and the developer can get away with the booty.

Ashwani Grover, President, Municipal Council said, it is not possible to develop the colonies with basic facilities without the regularizations of the colonies under the law and depositing the basic track charges.