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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, June 7On the last day of submitting Form-B for regularisation of illegal buildings in the walled city under the new Amritsar Walled City (Recognition of Usage) Act 2019, around 347 hotel building owners submitted the same to the MC office. Earlier, 350 illegal building owners had submitted their forms last month, but did not provide self-declaration about the building structure and plan, that is Form-B. In 2017, the state government had amended the Amritsar Walled City Act and proposed a one-time settlement policy for illegal hoteliers. Even after the Punjab and Haryana High Court imposed construction ban in the walled city in 2012, more than 350 hotels have on record applied for regularisation. These 350 hotel buildings can’t be constructed without the connivance of MC officials, he said..