Denied property transfer, GPA holders left in lurch

Chandigarh | Tuesday | 20th August, 2019

Summary:

Ramkrishan UpadhyayTribune News ServiceChandigarh, August 19Hundreds of GPA holders of residential leasehold properties have been left in the lurch as the administration has failed to take any decision on the transfer of ownership rights. The GPA holders have been denied transfer of ownership by the Estate Office in the absence of any direction or any policy framed by the administration for more than 10 years. There are hundreds of cases in which people bought residential leasehold properties on GPA in the past. Due to this, a large number of property owners are suffering for no fault of theirs. JD Gupta, a property consultant, said the Estate Office was neither denying nor allowing the transfer for years increasing their agony..