Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal on Saturday ordered to conduct inquiry against two Naib Tehsildars for committing irregularities in registry work. One of them has already attained superannuation and orders have been issued to suspend the other one who is serving.
The Chief Minister was presiding over the meeting of District Grievances Redressal Committee at Gurugram in which 20 complaints were raised out of which maximum were disposed off on the spot.
A case pertaining to unauthorised registry of flats and plots allotted to EWS and BPL categories was brought to the notice of Chief Minister and it was alleged that these flats and plots cannot be transferred till five years after allotment and nor they can be registered, but the then Naib Tehsildars of Gurugram and Badshahpur had violated the rules by allowing registries of these flats and plots.
The complainant had shown registries and transfer papers of 11 such properties which were registered. The matter was investigated by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Shri Mata Sheetla Devi Shrine Board. In his investigation, the CEO had found both Naib Tehsildars to be guilty. On the basis of the report of CEO, the Chief Minister directed to suspend the then Naib Tehsildar of Gurugram, Rupinder and to take action against retired Naib Tehsildar Ayub Khan.
Apart from these registries, the complainant had shown 16 other registries and alleged that still such registries are being done in district Gurugram. Following this, the Chief Minister ordered to investigate the matter.
On the complaint of charging 50 per cent fee by builders from allottees on the name of conveyance deed, Manohar Lal said that until the High Court deliver any judgment in this matter, the builders would charge only 15 per cent fee as prescribed by the Grievance Redressal Forum. If any new decision comes in between from Town and Country Planning then it would be implemented. The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India had filed a case in the High Court regarding charging of fee for conveyance deed.
A complaints regarding charging more property tax from IT units was also brought to the notice of Chief Minister. The officers of Municipal Corporation Gurugram informed the Chief Minister that property tax is levied on any unit on the basis of its use. It was informed that as per the notification issued by the government on March 2014, there is a provision of charging 50 per cent commercial rate (carpet area) from IT Park, Cyber City and Cyber Parks by taking them into special category.
Presently, the Municipal Corporation has been charging property tax as per the said notification. The State Government has constituted a high level committee to decide new rate of property tax. The Committee has kept IT units under service enterprises category and the policy is under consideration at government level. Under this complaint, the complainant has demanded to keep the IT units in industrial category and charge property tax accordingly.
The matter of installing fare meter in auto rickshaws plying in Gurugram was raised in the meeting. It was informed that the Transport Department has been framing different policy for districts falling within the NCR area and other districts. The Chief Minister said that the directions of the Supreme Court should be followed for auto rickshaws which are older than 10 years.
Others present in the meeting included Public Works (Building and Roads) Minister, Rao Narbir Singh, MLAs Umesh Agarwal, Tejpal Tanwar, Bimla Chaudhary and officers of the district administration.