Relief for Sector 22 resident, won’t have to pay Rs 10 lakh fine

Chandigarh | Sunday | 30th April, 2017

Summary:

CHANDIGARH: The UT chief administrator has set aside an order of estate office imposing misuse penalty on a Sector 22 resident for sanctionable violations. The SDM directed SDO (building) to calculate the penalty charges for building violations vide order issued on October 9, 2015. Acting on the notice, the owner submitted revised building plan on March 22, 2013, which was sanctioned on May 9, 2015. Therefore, the act of estate office by imposing penalty charges upon the appellant on account of violations is not justifiable." After issuance of show cause notice, the appellant himself set right the major violations and informed the estate office..