Besides making developers pay penalty for regularisation of unauthorised constructions, the State government proposes to slap penalty as well as imprisonment for the builders/developers and officials who are involved in unauthorised constructions and formation of unauthorised housing layouts in the State in the future.
Law Minister T.B. Jayachandra on Friday said two Acts, which are more than 40 years old, would be amended to impose fine and imprisonment on officials and builders involved in illegal constructions and development of layouts.
Officials of urban local bodies, who collude with developers/builders and permit illegal constructions would also be punished under the proposed law, he said.
The two Acts that are to be amended are the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act, 1972, and the Karnataka Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1972.
Proposal sought
Both Acts would be merged into one for effective regulation of illegal constructions in urban areas, he told presspersons here. The Minister directed officials of the Urban Development Department, which will implement the Akrama-Sakrama scheme, to give a proposal on merging both Acts within 15 days.
Amendment during budget session
The government would consider amending both Acts during the coming budget session of the State legislature. He said it was improper on the part of the government to levy penalty only on the present owners under the regularisation scheme as they were unaware of such unauthorised properties from either builders or developers of layouts during the purchase.
Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake had, on Tuesday, announced the Akrama-Sakrama scheme that seeks to regularise 50 per cent and 25 per cent of violations in residential and commercial structures, respectively, by collecting penalty.
All buildings constructed before October 19, 2013, are eligible for regularisation.
Government to amend two Acts to make this possible
