Regularisation of properties in unauthorised colonies begins
Residents of over 1,500 unauthorised colonies in the city will be able to apply online for registration of their properties through the Swagam portal of the MCD from Friday, officials said.
The Centre earlier this month rolled out a new policy for the regularisation of unauthorised colonies in Delhi on “as is, where is” basis. According to the guidelines, the applicants will log on to the SWAGAM portal of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for registration of their properties in the identified 1,521 unauthorised colonies.
The applications of property owners who have conveyance deeds (properties on government land) or authorisation slips (properties on private land) issued earlier by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will apply for regularisation. Those who do not have conveyance deeds or authorisation slips will be redirected to the PM-UDAY portal through which they will be issued these documents, the officials said.
Under the new policy, the power to issue conveyance deeds or authorisation slips has been transferred from the DDA to the Revenue Department of the Delhi Government.
A Revenue Department officer said that dedicated cells under additional district magistrates (ADMs) are being formed for issuing conveyance deeds. The ADMs in the 13 districts will serve as nodal officers for the purpose.
The regularisation process will benefit over 10 lakh households in the 1,521 unauthorised colonies. The DDA earlier issued around 40,000 conveyance deeds and authorisation slips.
A detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) is being finalised for the regularisation process, the officials said.
Based on the conveyance deeds and authorisation slips, the property owners will be issued regularisation certificates by the MCD through its SWAGAM portal, the officials said.
Afterwards, the property owners using the regularisation certificates will be able to register their properties with the Revenue Department sub-registrars through the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) portal, they said.
