GOVERNOR CLEARS PUNJAB APARTMENT AND PROPERTY REGULATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024, HUGE RELIEF TO THOUSAND OF PUNJABIS BY STATE GOVERNMENT
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In a Diwali Bonanza to the residents of the state, the Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann has abolished the condition of NOC for the registration of plots.
In a statement issued here today, the Chief Minister profusely thanked Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria for according the consent to the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2024 to do away with the practice of No Objection Certificate (NOC) for registration of land deeds. He said that the Punjab assembly had given consent to this bill on September 3 after which the Governor had passed it today. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that this amendment aims to ensure stringent control over the illegal colonies besides giving relief to the small plot holders.
The Chief Minister said that this is a major reprieve for the common man as it aims to overcome the problem being faced by the general public in registration of their plots and to put a check on development of unauthorized colonies. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that this stipulates provisions of penalty and punishment to offenders adding that it is a historic decision aimed at ensuring the well being of common man.
The Chief Minister said that this is a major reprieve for the common man as it aims to overcome the problem being faced by the general public in registration of their plots and to put a check on development of unauthorized colonies. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that this stipulates provisions of penalty and punishment to offenders adding that it is a historic decision aimed at ensuring the well being of common man. He said that as per the amendment any person who upto July 31, 2024, for an area upto five hundred square yard situated in an unauthorized colony, has entered into a power of attorney, agreement to sell on stamp paper, or any other such document will not require any No Objection Certificate for registration of land.
The Chief Minister said that some colonisers mint the money illegally but people have to bear the hardships due to their misdeeds adding that the illegal colonies had mushroomed up during the long misrule of the previous governments as the earlier rulers had patronized the illegal colonizers. He said that this act will give a major relief to the crores of people who had mistakenly invested their hard earned money in the illegal colonies. Bhagwant Singh Mann said that these innocent people had put their money into building their homes but landed in trouble due to illegal colonies.