Man booked for unauthorised construction | Chandigarh News

Panchkula: A resident of Pinjore has been booked for unauthorised construction of residential and commercial use in controlled area. The accused has been booked under Haryana Development Regulation of Urban Area Act.
A complaint was lodged with the police by the district town planning officer. The complainant stated that a person identified as Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Kiratpur village, Kalka raised unauthorised construction over land falling in the revenue estate of Garidah village in violation of sections 5 and 11 of Punjab New Capital Periphery Control Act, 1952. The site of the offender falls within notified controlled area declared on April 4, 1972 and is also notified in the gazette.
The DTP stated that rules prohibit construction within notified controlled area without prior permission of the competent authority (director, Town and Country Planning, Haryana). It was pointed out that rules also provide for change of land use permission before changing existing use of land from the competent authority on payment of prescribed fees and charges to the government.
“The accused in this case violated both sections of the Act by changing existing use of land from agriculture to residential/commercial without obtaining change of land use permission from competent authority and also caused financial loss to the state exchequer by not paying prescribed fees and charges for change of land use,” said the DTP in his complaint.
Necessary show cause notices and restoration orders under section 12(2) of Act of 1952 have already been issued against the offender on June 2, 2020, but the offender is deliberately continuing with the offence/violation/ contravention of provisions of Act and rules framed under the Act, it was alleged.
Police was requested to get the unauthorised construction stopped immediately, investigate the matter and register an FIR. A case was registered under Section 10 of the Haryana Development Regulation of Urban Area Act at Pinjore police station. Further investigations are on.