CMDA re-organises enforcement cell

Two wings to be set up to deal with completion certificate, enforcement in CMA

C Shivakumar

Chennai:

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority has issued an order on Thursday re-organising its enforcement cell to set up separate wings to deal with enforcement action and completion certificate respectively in Chennai Metropolitan Area.

The decision comes in the wake of Monitoring Committee recommending that enforcement cell in CMDA set up separate wings earmarked for issuing completion certificate as well as enforcement action.

Currently, enforcement cell comprises of three divisions in north, central and south Chennai and deal with completion certificate, refund or forfeiture of deviated security deposit and pursuing enforcement action on unauthorized, CMDA sources told Express.

Following the streamlining of the department, one wing will look into issuance of completion certificate and other related issues and to handle miscelleanous tasks like handling petitions received requesting enforcement cell action from public, chief minister’s special cell and other agencies while other will pursue only enforcement action on the deviated construction to the approved plan issued by CMDA covering forfeiture of security deposit, physical enforcement like locking and sealing or demolition and enforcement action.

The reorganization of enforcement cell will result in formation of four divisions from the existing three. The present geographical jurisdiction of north and central division will be renewed as single division while the south division will remain unaltered. Each stream will have two divisions. These include completion certificate division north-central and south and enforcement action division north-central and south.

The four divisions will be created through re-organising the existing staff and officers working in the enforcement with provision of a few additional staff and officers through diversion from other units. In addition each division will be allotted with a vehicle.

All new applications requesting the issue of completion certificate and petitions or court cases service connections will be processed by the new divisions as fresh cases.