Chennai:
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has sealed an
IT building constructed by Hotel Leela Ventures for violating section 56 an 57
of the Town and Country Planning Act of 1971.
A CMDA official told Express that the IT building which was
constructed by Leela Ventures deviated from the original plan and was sealed.
The owner had obtained planning permission on May 6, 2010
for the construction of triple basement plus Stilt, Ground floor and 13 floors
for IT enabled services besides construction of hotel building with Triple
basement, ground floor plus 14 floors for hotel building at Mylapore village.
Interestingly, while the hotel building got the green
light from CMDA, the IT building was sealed as Leela Ventures has illegally
constructed part 14th floor in the multi-storied information
technology building which also has several other violations.
The official said that a lock and seal and removal of
unauthorised development notice was issued on February 4, 2013. Since the owner
has not rectified the deviations to comply with the approved plan, the entire
building was locked and sealed, the official said.
Surprisingly, Leela Ventures file was under scanner as it
was one of the files that was recommended for clearance hurriedly during the
DMK regime for violating the model code of conduct. However, the file was later
cleared.
At that time, it was observed that Leela Ventures changed
the OSR area which differs in dimension to the earlier approved ones. “The
applicant does not have any right to change the dimensions of the OSR already
gifted to the local body since the ownership is vested with the local body,”
CMDA observed then.
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