365 days LRS scheme on the anvil
Officials said, disposing of LRS applications in time had become difficult.
Hyderabad: The GHMC is contemplating to implement the land regularisation scheme (LRS) round the year with a 15 per cent additional charge. Till May 31, the GHMC had collected 14.73 per cent on the building permission fee.
Officials said, disposing of LRS applications in time had become difficult. Rather than extending the LRS date, the corporation accept applications all year round.
A senior GHMC official said that even after extending LRS date five times, the corporation could not clear all applications the 71,925 applications. Only 27,184 had been given proceedings and 31,393 applications stood the risk of getting rejected as the applicants had failed to produce relevant documents.
Most of the LRS applications pertain to government land, those under urban land ceiling Act or in full tank level of lakes, besides those entangled in court cases. Applicants must obtain no-objection certificates from district collectors, ULC, irrigation or Wakf Board officers. “Some of them have depended on brokers and architects and gave their contact numbers for reference. In all, 5,542 applications have been rejected and 5,000 others are in the pipeline of being given proceedings, as they have paid the relevant fee,” he said.
The official added that the corporation would to write to the government to extend LRS all year round and collect hiked fee of 15 per cent fee on building and land. This would not only enhance the GHMC’s revenue but also gives time to dispose of the applications.