Becoming magnanimous ahead of the 2017 polls, the Punjab Government has decided to give three months’ time to the persons who were in possession of the Municipal properties.
“The local Government department has allowed the persons, in possession of Municipal properties where they have been residing by making houses thereupon for the last 20 years or more, to apply within three months for ownership rights with the payment of nominal charges,” said the state local Government Minister Anil Joshi.
Joshi said that with this “one-time policy”, the public at large will be relieved of the problems faced by them over the years.
“Even if these people have no lease deeds or rent receipts etc with them, such rights will be allowed in their favour,” he said.
The policy has been released by the local Government Department on December 14, 2016, with the notification issued under The Punjab Municipality (Vesting of Proprietary Rights) Scheme-2016.As per the notification, for a dwelling unit between 120 to 150 square yards, a person has to pay compensation to the Municipality at the rate of market value-plus-25 percent of the market value in the state’s Municipal Corporations.
For a dwelling unit between 30 to 120 square yard, rate of compensation would be the market value, for 15-30 square yards, person has to pay three-fourth of the market value, and for less than 15 square yards’ dwelling units, one has to pay two-third of the market value to the MC.
In other cases, the rate of compensation for 40-50 square yards will be market value-plus-25 percent of the market value; for 10-40 square yards, the market value; for five-10 square yards, three-fourth of the market value; and for less than five square yards, two-third of the market value.
In case of municipal councils or nagar panchayats, compensation at the rate of market value-plus-25 percent of the market value will be imposed on dwelling unit of 160-200 square yards, and on 40-50 square yards plot in other cases.Person has to pay compensation at the rate of market value on 40-160 square yards dwelling units, and 10-40 square yards plots in other cases.Similarly, those in the possession of 20-40 square yards dwelling units and five to 10 square yards plots have to pay three-fourth of the market value as compensation; while two-third of the market value would be imposed on those in possession of dwelling units of less than 20 square yards, and plots less than five square yards in other cases.