Chennai:
The High Court appointed monitoring committee on Monday discussed the
ways to streamline Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA)
even as the planning body sought suggestions from building owners in
George Town to frame guidelines for regularising their buildings.
The meeting was held in the wake of Madras High Court set to pronounce
its verdict on the relevance of Section 113 C of Tamil Nadu Town and
Country Planning Act and also the monitoring committee during its
hearing after vacation in the month of June.
An official who attended the meeting told Express that the issue
focused on the ways to make CMDA more relevant to curb unauthorised
constructions.
“The suggestion would be given to Madras High Court”, the official said.
Interestingly, this also comes after the non-official monitoring
committee had difference of opinion over the Action Taken Report which
was to be submitted over to the High Court. “The issue was such that
the ATR could not be submitted as per the High Court deadline as there
was difference of opinion between both official and non-official
members,” a source said.
The Action Taken Report was to be filed by monitoring committee after
Madras High Court, hearing a petition filed by non official member of
monitoring committee M G Devasahayam, ordered for a detailed summary
of what happened till now in pursuance of the directions passed by the
High Court in 2006 to stem the problem of unauthorised constructions.
A official source said a clearer picture on unauthorised structures in
the city would emerge only after the High Court judgement.
Meanwhile, CMDA is seeking suggestions for framing guidelines for
regularisation of unauthorised or deviated constructions in George
Town that were constructed before July 1, 2007.
A committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of former High
Court judge S Rajeswaran to frame appropriate guidelines and rules for
effective implementation of Section 113 C.
It is learnt that the committee has observed that in the older parts
of the city like George Town, the guidelines have to be worked out
considering the age of the building, soundness of the building in
terms of stability and structure
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