The Inspector General of Registration has asked sub-registrars to ensure that unapproved plots are registered only after the Directorate of Town and Country Planning and the local body have regularised it under the new regularisation scheme.
In a recent circular to the sub registrars, district registrars, and the Deputy Inspectors General of Registration, the IG of Regsistration J. Kumaragurubaran has said that an unapproved plot must be regularised at two levels - at the DTCP and by the local body. He has also asked for action taken report from the zonal Deputy Inspectors General of Registration on or before October 20 on the registration of unapproved plots.
Mr. Kumaragurubaran told The Hindu that the Registration Department issued a circular in June this year following implementation of the regularisation scheme for unapproved plots.
Now, the Commissioner of Town and Country Planning has written to the IG that there are reports of registration of unapproved plots.
When an application is given for regularisation, the local planning authority gives in- principle approval and then the local body regularises the plot.
The Commissioner had pointed out that once the in-principle approval is given, there are instances of the plots registered without getting the second stage approval.
“So, we are asking the sub-registrars to comply with the regularisation norms fully. I have also asked for reports from the ground level,” he said. K. Kathirmathiyon, secretary of Coimbatore Consumer Cause, said plot buyers should also be careful. They should verify if a plot is regularised by the DTCP and the local body.
Promoters of unapproved layouts and individual sellers, both are trying to sell unapproved plots even if just one plot in that area gets regularisation. This is illegal and the purchase will be invalid. Hence, buyers should be cautious while purchasing a site in an unapproved layout, he said.
