Pune civic body gets right to fix property regularization fee

The state government on Tuesday issued a notification giving local self-government bodies the right to decide on the fee to be charged for regularizing unauthorized constructions in civic limits. The state government issued the notification following demand from many local bodies to reduce the compounding fees. The notification said the decision was taken after “various planning authorities in the state communicated various issues that cropped up during implementation and requested the government to reduce the compounding charges required to be paid in such cases”. The notification assumes significance because the elected members in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) are contemplating to reduce the charges. A proposal to cut the charges by 80% was approved by the city improvement committee. The proposal is under consideration of the general body of the PMC and is expected to sail through after the state’s notification. Corporators in PMC demanded the reduction, saying it would give relief to many citizens. Elected members claimed that the common citizens, duped by builders, were suffering because of heavy compounding charges. The state government on Tuesday issued a notification giving local self-government bodies the right to decide on the fee to be charged for regularizing unauthorized constructions in civic limits. The state government issued the notification following demand from many local bodies to reduce the compounding fees. The notification said the decision was taken after “various planning authorities in the state communicated various issues that cropped up during implementation and requested the government to reduce the compounding charges required to be paid in such cases”. The notification assumes significance because the elected members in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) are contemplating to reduce the charges. A proposal to cut the charges by 80% was approved by the city improvement committee. The proposal is under consideration of the general body of the PMC and is expected to sail through after the state’s notification. Corporators in PMC demanded the reduction, saying it would give relief to many citizens. Elected members claimed that the common citizens, duped by builders, were suffering because of heavy compounding charges.