Registration only after declaring property is not on waterbody: HC
The Hindu
Remove all encroachments before March 31, say judges
The Madras High Court on Thursday ordered that henceforth every person wanting to register property documents must submit a self-declaration that the property was not located on a waterbody. Such declaration is mandatory for even obtaining building plan approval, property tax assessment and securing electricity as well as drinking water connection.
Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice P.D. Audikesavalu ordered that those applying for layout approval must be made to submit the self-declaration. The judges said no registering authority should register documents in respect of land notified as waterbodies in revenue records as reflected in the government website Tamil Nilam.
Officials in charge of granting layout approval, building plan approval, property tax assessment and providing water and electricity connections must conduct physical inspections, besides crosschecking the records, to ensure that the property concerned had not been classified as a waterbody, prepare an official note and make it part of the records, the Bench ordered.