To curtail the unauthorised retention of money by the colonisers on account of registration charges, Haryana Government has introduced a policy under which colonisers would not withhold the registration charges after their collection from the allottees and would ensure execution of conveyance deed within 15 days.
A spokesman of the Town and Country Planning Department on Saturday said that instructions have been issued to this effect.
“It had come to the notice of the Department that there were several instances of dispute between allottees, colonisers and the Revenue Department pertaining to delay in registration of sale deed/conveyance deed, at times even after recovery of stamp duty,” the spokesman said, adding, that this issue had been considered at the level of the State Government, which had decided that no coloniser would withhold the registration charges in future after its collection from the allottees and would ensure execution of conveyance deed within a period of 15 days, positively. The spokesman said that in the cases wherein the colonisers have already collected registration charges and are still withholding the same without getting the conveyance deed executed, they would either get the conveyance deed executed or in case it is not possible to get the conveyance deed executed, then the said amount would be refunded to the allottees.
He said that the coloniser could also adjust the said amount against the other dues, except maintenance charges, to be recovered from the allottees.
“In case none of these proposed actions are executed, then an escrow account should be opened and all such disputed amounts should be deposited in such account, wherein the concerned District Town Planner of the district would be nominated as the authorised signatory on behalf of the Department for the purpose of withdrawal of said amount only for registration charges,” the spokesman said. The coloniser would not be allowed to use this money for his business purpose, he added.
The spokesman said that apart from this, it would be mandatory for all the licencees to submit a certificate from the competent Chartered Accountant that the licencee was not retaining any stamp duty/registration charges from the allottees, and if that certificate was found to be incorrect at any stage, action as deemed fit by the State Government or Revenue Department may be initiated against them.
If any licencee fails to give requisite certificate or undertaking from the Chartered Accountant, approval of building plans, renewal of licence part occupation certificate or completion certificate would not be granted by the Department of Town and Country Planning, he added.