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UT to simplify policy for transfer of society flats

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Ramkrishan Upadhyay

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 5

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In a relief to thousands  of residents, the Chandigarh Administration has  decided to simplify  the  policy for the transfer  of flats  of cooperative societies situated  in southern sectors.

Sources said various issues  related to the  transfer  of flats  were discussed  at a high-level  meeting of officers, chaired by UT Adviser Parimal  Rai on Thursday. Finance  Secretary  Ajoy  Kumar  Sinha,   Deputy  Commissioner Ajit Balaji  Joshi, MC Commissioner  KK Yadav  and officials  of the Department  of Cooperation attended  the  meeting.

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The sources  said  the  policy  was being  simplified  as the Administration had received  various  representations  from members, who  termed the current  rules  “cumbersome”. The  decisions  taken at the meeting would be  implemented  after getting the nod of UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore.

Recently, the  Registrar, Cooperative Society, had sought a clarification from the Administration over the transfer policy announced by it on February 5, 2016. The sources  said the issues of transfer of flats   of GPA  holders and fixing the transfer fee were also  discussed. Members  were  of the view  that  the transfer of flats  could be allowed  in cases  where the GPA  was  executed  before the order of the  Supreme  Court, issued on October 11, 2011, which  termed the  transaction  illegal.

Thousands of people are living in more than 10,000 flats of group housing societies in southern areas (Sector 48 to 51). The flats have been constructed on land allotted by the Chandigarh Housing Board. The flats of societies have been sold many times under the transfer policies notified by the Administration from time to time. The last transfer policy was announced in 2016. Under the procedure, sale/purchase was allowed on the basis of a conveyance deed, which had to be executed on the payment of the stamp duty at the prevailing collector rate and after getting a no-objection certificate from the society concerned.

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