District Revenue Officer Appointed Chief Land Registration Officer in Unauthorized Colonies Mohali | Chandigarh News

Mohali: The Mohali District Revenue Officer determined by the nodal referent for land registration in self-governing colonies. To facilitate the people of the Punjab government’s policy of helping plot owners (up to 500 square yards) to register their plots located in unauthorized colony, Mohali Deputy Commissioner (DC) Aashika Jain has appointed District Revenue Officer Amandeep Chawla as the nodal officer.
A hotline (0172-2219506) has also been created for submitting any complaints in this regard.
The SC directed the sub/joint sub-registrars to inform the people about the registration of plots in unauthorized colonies besides giving them the benefit as per the notification.
Disclosing the details after an urgent meeting on the matter with Administrator (G) Viraj S. Tidke, Administrator (UD) Anmol Singh Dhaliwal and District Revenue Officer Amandeep Chawla, DC said that as per instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, Sub-Registrar and Joint Sub-Registrar of all tehsils and sub-tehsils of the district have been instructed to inform people about the scheme. This is done in order to take advantage of the amendment to the Punjab Regulation of Flats and Property (Amendment) Act, 2024, which came into force on 1st December, 2024, wherein clause 5 of section 20 was inserted to facilitate plot owners to register their plots situated in an arbitrary colony.
She noted that the withdrawal of no-objection certificates from the housing and communal services administration and local authorities is valid only until February 28, 2025. Hence, the beneficiaries should complete their registration as per the notice on or before the end of the day. According to the notification, any person with an area up to 500 square yards, who is in a self-governing colony, has executed a power of attorney or sale agreement on stamp paper or has any registered land title deed. register such plot before the registrar, sub-registrar or joint sub-registrar.
In addition, the owner of the plot must provide the sub-registrar or joint sub-registrar with an undertaking along with the application for the registration of the contract of sale of such plots, stating that the plot is not subject to arbitrary development, grown on land located in a restricted access zone. along scheduled roads and national highways or any other restricted areas declared under any other central or state law. The registration and use of this plot must not conflict with the provisions of the relevant regional plan/master plan and other mandatory restrictions applicable to the registration of such plots.
Likewise, sub-registrars and joint sub-registrars will ensure that such plots do not fall under the following categories: encroachment on public land; unauthorized development on an area notified under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013; Forest Conservation Law of 1980; Punjab Lands Conservation Act 1900; an ecologically sensitive zone (ESZ) under the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972; and the Defense Works Act of 1903; or an area covered by any other Central or State Act.