Residents in these 69 affluent colonies won't get 'ownership'

NEW DELHI: As per notification of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs states that rights will not be conferred to affluent unauthorised colonies.

The ministry has identified 69 such affluent colonies, which includes Freedom Fighters Enclave, Neb Sarai Extension area, Chattarpur Enclave, Sainik Farms, Mahendru Enclave and Anant Ram Dairy, among others

It is pertinent to mention that the Union Cabinet's last week decision regarding to grant ownership rights to the people living in unauthorised colonies in the city, a move that will benefit 40 to 50 lakh people , but on the 29 October published notification in the Gazetted papers, did not include 69 affluent colonies and those built up on prohibited land.

As per the latest notification, ownership right will not be available over prohibited land, that is, land falling in reserved or notified forests or land identified as protected or prohibited area by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958 (24 of 1958) or land falling in Zone-O, Yamuna Flood

Plain.

The ownership right will also not be available over land falling in right of way of existing roads and Master Plan Roads, land under right of way of high tension lines, land falling in ridge area of Delhi and land reserved or protected under any other law for the time being in force.

Such as 69 affluent colonies being inhabited by News papers editors, Owners, senior bureaucrats, politicians, ministers, Industrialists and Business tycoons has started a debate about the democales of swords are hanging over their heads.

The notification also states that rights will not be conferred to affluent unauthorised colonies.

The Union ministry of housing and urban affairs has identified 69 such affluent colonies, which includes Freedom Fighters Enclave, Neb Sarai Extension area, Chattarpur Enclave, Sainik Farms, Mahendru Enclave and Anant Ram Dairy, Anupam Garden( South Chhatarpur), Defence Service Enclave Khanpur, among others.

As per the notification, "unauthorised colony" means a colony or development comprising of a contiguous area, where no permission has been obtained for approval of layout plan or building plans and has been identified for regularisation of such colony in

2008.

The notification also states that the recognition of ownership or mortgage rights of colonies identified as per the revised eligibility criteria notified in 2015 will be completed in the next two years by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).

People seeking to regularise their properties will need to pay charges based on the following formula: 0.5% of the circle rate if carpet area is less than 100 square metres; 1 percent if the carpet area is between 100 and 250 sq m; and 2.5% if the carpet area is above 250 sq m.

For colonies on private land, the charge will be half of the charge on government land.

The Centre will also push through legislation in Parliament's Winter session to complete the process.