JAIPUR: After the Rajasthan High Court banned the regularisation of illegal colonies in cities without having zonal development plan, the Urban Development and Housing (UDH) department has swung into action for its implementation.
As per the mandatory rules, cities having more than 1 lakh population can only be regularised after the implementation of zonal development plan. For the same, the state government has to notify zonal development plan of 28 cities.
An official said, “The suggestions and objections from the public in 13 cities to implement zonal development plan has been implemented. Similarly, draft of 11 cities has also been prepared and objections will be invited soon.”
Other than this, the state government has disposed of objections received on zonal plan in three cities — Alwar, Chittorgarh and Nagaur. The plan will be finalised soon.
The state government recently launched the ambitious six-month special campaign, ‘Shahar-2021’ to issue lease deeds. However, its plan was stalled after Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday banned the regularisation of illegal colonies in cities without having zonal and sector plan.
The decision was given on the petition of Roshan Vyas. An official said, “The UDH department has called a meeting on the implementation of zonal plan on October 12. In the meeting, experts including adviser to state government for Shahar-2021, GS Sandhu (former UDH principal secretary) will be present. Based on the discussion, reply will be filed in court.”
The government aimed to issue 10 lakh lease deeds during the campaign. The major attraction of the campaign was regularisation of colonies on agriculture land. It is estimated that about 7-8 lakh houses partially or fully constructed on agriculture land need title deeds. Sources said, “After the court order, the government cannot issue lease deeds on 70% plots, which it promised.”
The court has also banned the regularisation of plots developed on the facility area. Following this, the UDH department on Wednesday also issued orders to withdraw the previous orders to regularise the plots on facility area.
