Punjab: One-time relief from obtaining NOC for property registration

Rajmeet Singh

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 14

Giving in principle approval to do away with the clause requiring “no-objection certificate” (NOC) for the registration of land and property, state Cabinet today directed the Housing Department to work out modalities to extend the relief to the intended beneficiaries.

A one-time relief of exemption from NOC will be given to property owners who are able to prove the genuineness of the sale deed of their property signed before July 31, 2024. However, separate instructions are being issued to strictly check the mushrooming of illegal colonies.

There are over 14,000 illegal colonies across the state and many genuine buyers in such colonies are facing problems in getting NOCs from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Local Government.

After a detailed discussion, the Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, has been asked to coordinate with the Local Bodies and Revenue Department and the office of the Advocate General (AG) for working out modalities before extending the one-time relief to property owners, said officials.

CM Bhagwant Mann has held several meetings over the past two years to streamline the process of monitoring and issuing online NOCs. However, due to the involvement of multiple agencies in verifying related records, there have been complaints of delay in getting NOCs.

Officials clarified that the NOC waiver would in no way benefit the colonisers or plot holders in the colonies that did not fit into the laid-down criteria under the Punjab Laws (Special Provisions for Regularisation of Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2018.