Apartmentalisation: Panel meet deferred

UT Adviser Dharam Pal, who heads the heritage conservation committee, said, “Some suggestions and other representations by stakeholders had to be incorporated in the agenda. That is why the meeting was postponed. I have told the officials to decide on the next date soon.”

The Supreme Court, in a January 10 order, had banned apartmentalisation or fragmentation of residential units in Chandigarh (Sectors 1 to 30 ), with the UT Administration later having taken out a detailed public notice and banning share wise registries.

According to the Supreme Court’s order, the heritage committee had been directed to consider the issue of redensification in Phase-I Sector (1-30) of the city.

“Further, the heritage committee shall also take into consideration the impact of such redensification on parking/traffic issues. After the Heritage Committee considers the issues, the Chandigarh administration would consider amending the CMP-2031 and the 2017 Rules insofar as they are applicable to Phase-I in accordance with the recommendations of the heritage committee,” the order said.

After the SC order, the UT administration had issued guidelines on February 9 calling for the the order’s implementation. The guidelines rleased then by the administration pertained only to the family-owned properties registered share-wise. But for other properties, the final decision on property transfers, mutation was to be taken after the heritage committee gave its opinion on the same.