Minutes of the 47th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee held on 16.11.2012
The Monitoring Committee of CMDA issued the minutes of its 47th meeting, held on 16 November 2012, recording decisions and updates on building regularisation, enforcement action and completion certificates. The minutes accept regularisation for two identified Chennai properties, subject to a property tax condition in one case, while many other property appeals are only listed without a recorded outcome in the supplied text.
What the minutes cover
The Monitoring Committee of CMDA considered regularisation applications and appeals involving residential, commercial, institutional and school buildings across Chennai. The meeting also reviewed enforcement cases, completion certificates, service connections, surveys of multi-storeyed buildings and implementation of action points arising from a High Court order.
The minutes confirm the previous meeting with a change. They record that the Monitoring Committee did not agree with CMDA's decision to give a clean chit to officers who had faced disciplinary action for failing to take enforcement action.
Property regularisation decisions
The Monitoring Committee of CMDA recorded clear decisions for two properties:
- Regularisation was accepted for the ground floor plus two-floor commercial building at Door No. 144, Survey No. 116/2, Nesapakkam Main Road, Koyambedu Village, Chennai. The committee accepted the applicant's evidence that the building had been completed before 28 February 1999.
- The Nesapakkam approval requires the applicant to obtain reassessment of property tax and pay the difference. The building area in the regularisation application was greater than the area shown in the Corporation of Chennai property tax working sheet.
- Regularisation was accepted for the basement, ground floor and two-floor commercial building at Door No. 6C, Harley's Road (Ormes Road), Kilpauk, Chennai. The committee found that it had been completed before 28 February 1999 and accepted a Corporation of Chennai working sheet and a CMDA stop-work notice as credible evidence.
Numerous other rejected regularisation cases and appeals are listed for properties in areas including T. Nagar, Triplicane, Nungambakkam, Virugambakkam, Saidapet, Kottivakkam, Arumbakkam, Koyambedu and West Tambaram. The supplied minutes do not record outcomes for those listed matters.
Enforcement and administrative points
The Monitoring Committee of CMDA directed that rejected regularisation cases for the previous month be included in the tabular statement on disposal of applications. Future action taken on earlier minutes is to be recorded within confirmation of those minutes rather than under a separate agenda.
The committee also received information about enforcement action involving 139 rejected multi-storeyed commercial building cases, service connections ordered by the High Court without insisting on a CMDA completion certificate, and a fire and rescue services survey proposal for multi-storeyed buildings in Kodambakkam.
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Common questions
Do these minutes approve every regularisation appeal listed?
No. The supplied text records acceptance for the properties at Door No. 144, Nesapakkam Main Road, and Door No. 6C, Harley's Road. Many other appeals are listed without a recorded decision.
Was regularisation approved for the commercial building at Door No. 144, Nesapakkam Main Road?
Yes. The Monitoring Committee accepted evidence that the building was completed before 28 February 1999, subject to property tax reassessment and payment of the difference.
What evidence was accepted for the building at Door No. 6C, Harley's Road?
The Monitoring Committee accepted a Corporation of Chennai working sheet dated 1 March 1999 and CMDA stop-work notice No. 363 dated 6 September 1988 as credible evidence.
Do the minutes create a general right to obtain service connections without a completion certificate?
The minutes only report cases in which the High Court ordered service connections without insisting on a CMDA completion certificate. They do not record a general approval applying to every property.
