JAMMU, Aug 6: Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj of J&K Government has come up with a draft on J&K Building Bye Laws in for rural areas.
As per these Bye Laws, constructions in J&K rural areas are categorized into three categories. The first category includes residential individual houses while the second one contains commercial buildings and the last category accommodates any other building including group housing, low rise group housing, studio apartments, housing colony layouts, integrated township, industrial buildings/complexes, government buildings, buildings constructed for charitable purpose, religious buildings, schools, private hospitals/nursing homes, telecom towers or any other building not covered under the other two categories.
The detailed draft also stated that for carrying on constructions under these three categories (new constructions or to extend or alter any existing building), permission from the competent authority will be important.
For category I, the competent authority, in this regard, will be Sarpanch of the Halqa Panchayat and in case the office of the Sarpanch is vacant by reason of removal, resignation, death or otherwise, a committee comprising BDO concerned in whose jurisdiction the Halqa Panchayat falls, Secretary Panchayat, Junior Engineer and Patwari Halqa will do the job and if out the four, three members agree, then the permission may be treated as granted but for rejection, all the four members of the committee have to put their signatures.
For categories II and III, the competent authority will include Sub Divisional Magistrate concerned and in respect of the areas not falling under any Sub-Division, the concerned Assistant Commissioner Panchayat, Tehsildar, Town Planner or AEE REW or AE REW, BDO concerned-member secretary and Sarpanch Halqa Panchayat.
Also before issuing the building permission other than category I, the technical opinion of Town Planner shall be mandatory except for commercial buildings up to 100 sq. meter.
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