GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(Housing Branch II)
 Notification

SCHEDULE SIMPLIFICATION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COLONIES IN THE STATE OF PUNJAB UP TO AN AREA OF 10 ACRES.

• The gross area of the colony being developed should  not exceed 10 acres;
• The title of the land shall be clear and unencumbered and should stand exclusively in the name of the applicant or, where there is more than one applicant, the joint applicants;
• Application may also be submitted by the holder of the General Power of Attorney on behalf of the single or joint land owners, provided the attorney holder has been specifically authorised  in this behalf;
• The land-owner(s) should have been registered as a promoter under the provision of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995. However, where the applicant is the holder of a Power of Attorney, the attorney holder shall be required to be registered as a promoter and in this case it would not be necessary for the land-owners to be registered as such promoters;
• There should be no default in respect of the payment of the instalments of External Development Charges (EDC), or any other sum payable under the Punjab Apartment & Property Regulation Act, 1995 & the rules framed thereunder in respect of any company of which the applicant or any of the landowners is a Director, or any partnership firm of which the applicant or any of the landowners is a partner.
• The lay-out plan, including the services plan, shall be prepared, in case the proposed colony is up to five acres, by Architect registered with the Council of Architects, whereas a Town Planner, registered with the Institute of Town Planners, may prepare any such plan for any colony;
• However, the layout plan of the proposed colony can also be got prepared from the concerned Divisional Town Planner (DTP) of the Department of Town and Country Planning, Government of Punjab, after submitting an official fee of Rs. 10,000/-. The fee shall be exclusive of the cost of the survey, which shall have to be organised by the applicant at his own expense

• The applicant shall be responsible for all statutory clearances, including environmental clearances, if any, required from the Central Government or any of the agencies of the Central Government or from any other Department of the State Government or any of its agencies and this approval in itself shall not be construed as any approval beyond the provisions of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 (PAPRA) and the rules;
• The applicant shall remain exclusively responsible for complying with the provisions any other law for time being in force and in case of any breach or violation thereof, he (the applicant) shall exclusively be liable to face the penal action;
• The construction on individual plots shall be commenced only after the approval of the building plan by the municipal authorities concerned, in case the colony is situated within the municipal limits. In other cases, the Punjab Urban Planning & Development Authority (PUDA) Building Rules, 1996/bye-laws shall be applicable, the construction shall be carried out only after getting the building plan approved by the Competent Authority, notified under the Punjab Regional & Town Planning & Development Act, 1995;
• The communication shall, apart from intimating the assessment and schedule of the payment of the External Development Charges (EDC) instalments, shall also call upon the applicant to submit a Crossed, “account payee only” Demand Draft in favour of the “Competent Authority-cum-Chief Administrator, PUDA”, payable at Chandigarh or SAS Nagar (Mohali), along with a consent letter that the applicant- promoter undertakes to abide by all the terms and conditions of this Notification as well as the Letter of Intent;
• The Letter of Intent (LOI) shall also call upon the applicant to deposit entire amount in respect of the “Punjab Urban Development Fund”, payable under section 32 of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 (at the rate of rupee one per square metre), in shape of a demand draft in favour of “Chief Administrator, PUDA”, payable at Chandigarh/SAS Nagar (Mohali).
• The Letter of Intent (LOI) shall also enjoin upon the applicant to pledge/hypotheticate in favour of the State Government immovable property equivalent to Rs. 2.00 lakh per gross acre, in lieu of the Bank Guarantee that is normally required to be furnished under the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Act, 1995 and rules framed thereunder, by a regular promoter, as a security for execution of the Internal Development Works approved. The value of the said property shall be reckoned at the rates fixed by the District Collector for the purposes of registration of sale deeds or documents. The property may be situated within or outside the proposed colony. The property shall remain pledged till a Completion Certificate is finally issued by the STP/DTP, in accordance with the procedure laid down in PAPRA Act/rules. 
• The applicant may instead of hypothecating property as aforesaid, may choose to furnish a Bank Guarantee of equivalent amount in favour of “Chief Administrator, PUDA-cum-Competent Authority, PAPRA” as stipulated in the Apartment & Property Regulation Act, 1995.
• The layout plan, including the Services plan, shall also be returned to the applicant, duly signed and approved by the Senior Town Planner/Divisional Town Planner, as the case may be.

• Chief Administrator, PUDA-cum-Competent Authority, PAPRA, and the Zonal Additional Chief Administrator, PUDA/Estate Officer, PUDA, concerned;
• Deputy Commissioner of the District;
• Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation/ Executive Officer of the Municipal Council/ Nagar Panchayat concerned, in case of a colony situated within the Municipal limits;

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(HOUSING –II BRANCH)

NOTIFICATION

1. The powers to grant licences under the aforesaid Act and the Rules framed thereunder shall, however, be exercised by these Officers only in respect of a proposed colony, not exceeding an area of gross 10 acres.
2. Nothing in this notification shall diminish or mitigate the powers and jurisdiction of the Chief Administrator, PUDA, vested in him vide the aforesaid Notification No. 2/3/97/2HG1/5097 dated 25th June, 2004.