Applications for building plan approvals cannot be entertained after construction, says HC
The Hindu
The Court also said owners of buildings, constructed in violation of the approved plan, must be made to pay five times the actual electricity and other charges
No application for plan approval of a constructed building should be entertained by officials concerned since it will amount to putting the cart before the horse, the Madras High Court has said. It also said owners of buildings constructed in violation of the approved plan must be made to pay five times the actual electricity charges, property tax and water and sewerage taxes until they set right the violations.
A Division Bench of Justices S. Vaidyanathan and D. Bharatha Chakravarthy made the observations while dismissing a writ petition filed by B. Kanchana, a 70-year-old widow, who had constructed a residential house at Nerkundram without building plan approval from the Greater Chennai Corporation. She had challenged the lock and seal notice issued by the Corporation and sought a direction to the Housing Secretary to dispose of her appeal.
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