To look after the regularisation process of illegal colonies in the State, the Punjab Government has designated different rank of officers. The colony owners or plot holders would deposit specified amount of money before these officers.
“The deposited money would be used for creating a fund, which would be further used for providing basic amenities to the citizens of these colonies besides infrastructure development,” said a Government spokesperson, adding that the Punjab Government has issued notification in this regard.
He said, Punjab Government had earlier decided to regularise all unauthorised and illegal colonies, and the colony owners or plot holders were asked to deposit specified amount of money for getting colonies authorised.
“Now, the Government has designated different rank of officers to facilitate the regularisation process of the colonies,” he added. For big cities, Chief Administrative of Special Development Authorities; for Municipal Corporations,
MC Commissioner; for the colonies under Municipal Council and Panchayat, Deputy Director of the local Bodies Department has been designated to supervise and facilitate the regularisation of the colonies.
He said that the money deposited by the owners or plot holders would be credited in to Government exchequer. He said that the concerned Development Authority would be nodal agency of the State Government for collecting fee and use of funds.