In Haryana, the families belonging to economically weaker sections (EWS) of the society having income of Rs three lakh per annum would also be eligible for allotment of low-cost dwelling units and Ashiana flats constructed by Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) in the State.
A proposal to this effect has been approved by Chief Minister Manohar lal.
The Chief Minister has also approved the revised policy regarding fixing of norms and eligibility for beneficiaries for the allotment of low-cost dwelling units constructed by HUDA in various urban estates in the state.
The new policy would govern the conditions for allotment of low-cost dwelling units for unauthorized occupants on lands belonging to HUDA, Haryana Government or any of its agencies in various urban estates in the state, said an official spokesman.
Referring to the norms and eligibility criteria of allotment to such beneficiaries, he said that first preference for the allotment of low cost dwelling units would be given to the petitioners in CWP No.11637 of 1996 and other connected CWPs in the respective urban estates who have been unauthorizedly occupying land belonging to HUDA for the last more than five years as on April 19, 1999, when the matter was decided by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. For this purpose, the cut off date would be April 18, 1994.
He said that the second preference would be given to those inhabitants and occupants who have been unauthorizedly occupying the land belonging to HUDA for the last more than five years as on April 3, 2008, when a bunch of cases got finality in the Apex Court. For this purpose, the cut off date would be April 1, 2003. This provision would also include those inhabitants and occupants who are occupying unauthorizedly any land belonging to the State Government or any of its agencies and also land which affects the essential services like roads, water supply, sewerage, bridges etc.
The beneficiaries whose names appear in a valid survey conducted by HUDA and District Administration and are still residing at the same place, may also be considered for such allotment for recovery of land on a cluster basis, he added.
The spokesman said that thereafter the left out dwelling units might be allotted to the beneficiaries of BPl category of Haryana only. In this category, first preference would be given to BPl families of the city in which dwelling units are constructed, followed by BPl of that district and then BPl families of other districts of the state.
The next preference for allotment would be given to beneficiaries under EWS category of Haryana only with annual income of upto Rs three lakh or as may be decided by the competent authority from time to time.
He said that rates as fixed by the Authority from time to time for dwelling units may be charged under the scheme. If the subsidy is received by HUDA under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or any other such scheme, then same would be passed on to the beneficiary of that project for which subsidy was granted. All the beneficiaries would be required to submit an affidavit as per proforma and documents in support of their claim with the application, said he.
The Chief Administrator, HUDA, Panchkula would have power and competence to decide or clarify any issue or dispute arising as to the interpretation of any of the clause of this policy and or form of its implementation, he added.