CHB to revive allotment cancelled for violations

Ramkrishan Upadhyay 

Tribune News Service 

Chandigarh, May 29

Giving more relaxation, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has decided to revive the allotment cancelled due to violations and non-payment. 

Maninder Singh, Chairman, CHB, said: “It had come to notice that many CHB houses had been cancelled due to non-payment, illegal construction and for either filing false affidavits or suppression of material facts from the board in order to seek allotment from the board by fraudulent means.  In such cases it is proposed that the CHB will revive the allotments after paying the revival charges and the penal charges as approved by the board.”

Residents will also have to remove violations and misuse of dwelling units besides paying the penal charges. In the first two cases of nonpayment and illegal construction, the allotments can be revived as and when the erring allottee makes the requisite payment and removes the illegal construction and violations by payment of fees already approved by the board. However, in cases of suppression of facts and false affidavits the board has decided to give them another opportunity till September 30, 2017, for coming forward and getting the said allotments regularised by payment of penal fees, as already decided by the board and to qualify the giving of this further opportunity by the board such allottees must come forward and deposit at least 10per cent of the said fees on or before June 30, 2017. 

There are cases where the dwelling units have been sold by the erring allottee and the buyer is in the possession of such houses which have been cancelled for various reasons as mentioned above. No doubt, in such matters, the buyer needs to be aware that he/she shall acquire the title/rights in the said property as held by the allottee/seller. In order to mitigate the loss suffered by such buyers it has been decided by the CHB to regularise such cancellations of the dwelling units.  These orders shall not be applicable to the dwelling units which have been cancelled or evicted after the cancellation and are in possession of the CHB.