Gurgaon development authority gets rights to execute CLU
GURGAON: In a major boost to its powers, the newly formed Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has got the rights to execute change of land use (CLU), the job earlier done by the town and country planning (TCP) department, Haryana.
The department released a letter in this regard on Wednesday, which the experts feel will provide a major relief to people seeking CLU. They had to travel to Chandigarh to do this until now.
The CLU is a permission to convert a portion of land from one category to another, for example, from agricultural to residential or commercial.
In its letter, director TCP ordered that the district town planner and his staff will be attached to the GMDA.
“Therefore, now as per Section 15 of Ordinance No. 2 of 2017, the GMDA is to take action in cases for grant of permission for change of land use, falling within the jurisdiction of GMDA,” the order said.
Director, TCP, TL Satyaprakash told Hindustan Times that the development is a step towards the decentralisation of power.
The TCP said the GMDA has been separately requested to take action for issuance of notification for bringing into force the order and also to depute staff to collect the records pertaining to CLU cases, falling within the jurisdiction of GMDA, from the TCP office.
The director also ordered that the entire record of cases for grant of permission for CLU and other related matters be arranged in a manner for its shifting to the GMDA. The records are to be transferred to the GMDA officials after following due procedure.