Gujarat's urban development department is now 'studying' execution of the bill on regularization of around 25 lakh unauthorised constructions in the state on the basis of the new jantri.
After the announcement of new jantri in the state by the revenue department, state urban development department is now 'studying' execution of the bill on regularization of around 25 lakh unauthorised constructions in the state on the basis of the new jantri. The bill for regularising the nearly 25 lakh illegal constructions in the state by charging an impact fee was passed in the assembly during the recently concluded budget session.
Newly announced jantri rates are nearly two to five times more than the old rates. However, the state urban development department is formulating rules for implementing the impact fee bill. Sources in the state government indicated that because of the new jantri rates, the urban development officials would have to reconsider the rates of area-wise impact fee.
New jantri rates lead to a situation where many buildings having unauthorised constructions might have to pay almost as much as they had spent on constructing it, to make these constructions regular, even if the impact fee is pegged at 50% of the new jantri rates.
"We are presently in the process of making rules for the bill that has been passed in the assembly on regularising unauthorised constructions. However, even if we take new jantri rates as base for the impact fee, we will have to ensure that it is balanced," said sources in the government.
Government sources also indicated that rates of impact fee would be finalised in such a manner that if the new jantri rates are used as base, the percentage of the impact fee will be low and if the old jantri rates are taken as base, then the impact fee will be high.
"It should be affordable enough so that people who have carried out unauthorised constructions are induced enough to come forward and apply for regularisation of construction by paying the impact fee. At the same time it should be effective enough so that none of those who have illegally done the constructions, feel that impact fee rates are so cheap that the penalty on their unauthorised work was negligible," sources added.
However, state urban development minister Nitin Patel neither confirmed nor denied the development. Patel said, "Presently the rules are being made for the implementation of the bill, and we are 'studying' the new jantri rates. I can't comment on the issue till the rules have been finalised."
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