130 Mhada flats in CM quota lying vacant

Over 80 flats from last year and 50 flats from this year are lying vacant in Mhada buildings.This,when there is an acute affordable housing shortage in the city.The situation has arisen as Mr.Chauhan (the current CM) has relinquished his authority to allot 2% flats in affordable housing schemes of Mhada.Mr.Chauhan has avoided housing schemes like the plague after all the recent housing scams.He has given up the discretionary quota too.Earlier CM\’s made merry on this quota and rewarded their cronies and yes men with flats in this quota.This way they could buy the press,reporters and other people who needed some incentive to toe their line.
This year too,the Mhada has reserved 50 flats out of the 2593 flats up for lottery,which will has been declared today at Rang sharda auditorium,Bandra.The state govt has not eliminated this quota yet hence this reservation.
Mhada has recieved 1.5 lakh applications for 2593 houses up for grabs.
11,179 applications were rejected.
3995 were filled with the same account number but with different names.177 had same pan number but different names.
Under these circumstances,it would be ideal if the govt could give up the claim over these flats for once and for all.

Kharghar Golf course charges-Golf course is now open

A tentative list of facilities and charges has been released by CIDCO for the Kharghar golf course. The course was opened on 23 Dec 2012.

A tentative list of facilities and charges has been released by CIDCO for the Kharghar golf course. The course was opened on 23 Dec 2012...

Facilities	Timings	Par Length	Charge *Weekends
11 Holes	Summer 6:30 am to 4 pm	4552 Yards	1 round : Rs 750
Club House	Winter 7:00 am to 3:30 pm	Area 52 Hectares	Foreigners 1 Round : Rs 1000
Maintenance Shed		6 lakes

Kharghar Golf Course Details

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Municipal officers to face jail for illegal constructions

In a landmark move, the President of India has given her approval to the amendment in the Maharashtra municipal councils, Municipal corporations and MRTP act 2010,whereby the municipal officers who allow illegal constructions to stand despite complaints now face jail for a month or a fine of Rs.25,000.Mr.Bhaskar Jadhav (Minister of Urban Development) informed the legislative assembly recently.
The modification of the above acts, allows appointment of an officer to the said municipal corporations, councils, panchayats and industrial townships (MIDC),who will ensure demolition of illegal structures. If the officer doesn\’t perform his duties to demolish illegal constructions, he will be either imprisoned for a month or fined Rs.25000.
To ensure that the officer does his duty unhindered, the govt has already sanctioned the deputation of a DCP or ACP to the municipal corporation, council, panchayat etc.
State law amendments are sent to the Centre for approval if the matter they deal with is on the concurrent list. Since the modification deals with imprisonment, it was sent to the President for approval.
But before you start celebrating, the devil lies in the details, namely, the Rules for such a prosecution, which are yet to be framed. The Minister of Urban Development says that the framing of rules will take a couple of months.
Until then, its business as usual. What happens after that will depend on how tight the rules are.
If implemented in true spirit, expect a lot of demolitions around you. It should keep the Municipal corporation busy for a long time.

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Property tax-Builders to be held accountable?

Flat buyers are often kept in the dark about the property taxes due on their plot/flat at the time of possession. Only later do they realize that they have been shortchanged by the builder/developer when they are slapped Property Tax Due Certificate by the Municipal Corporation, which sometimes can be to the tune of a few lakhs!
It helps to remember that until the possession of the flat is handed over to the flat buyer, all taxes due on the flat/plot, are payable by whoever owns the flat/plot, which in most cases is the builder/developer. Often with the connivance of the Municipal corporations, the builder escaped payment of this tax. The Municipal corporation, which can easily make it mandatory for the builders to pay all liable taxes before handing over the Occupancy Certificate for the flat/building, happily chose to look the other way.
All this is set to change if the Minister for Urban Development, Mr.Bhaskar Jadhav, is to be believed.
According to the new rules proposed by the Minister.

Builders will have to pay property tax for 3 years at the time of issuance of the Commencement Certificate and if the construction is not complete at the end of 3 years, he will be liable to pay property tax for the next 3 years !

Recently, the Municipal corporation had issued more than 3.22 lakh flat owners across the city. After the opposition leader in the legislative assembly, Mr.Eknath Khadse, took up the issue, the govt changed its tune to revoke the property tax due certificate for recently completed buildings where Occupancy certificate has been issued recently but property tax has not yet been paid by the builder.

As an icing on the cake, the minister informed the house that Govt agencies like the MMRDA, SRA, Mhada along with the private builders, owed more than 10,000 crores in property tax !!

Just how and when these ideal solutions are implemented is anybody’s guess.

List of illegal schools in Navi Mumbai

The Navi Mumbai Municipal corporation has just released a list of illegal schools in Navi Mumbai.Shockingly,some of the schools on the list count themselves as exclusive schools.All schools in Navi Mumbai are supposed to get registered with the Municipal corporation as per state govt norms and education board regulations.Last year the list had 18 schoools.
The schools have been blacklisted and have been told to stop operations immediately.
Most of these schools do not have permission to conduct examinations and some are allowed to operate only till 7th standard.
The Municipal corp can impose a fine of Rs.1,00,000 as per education act 2009…and Rs 10,000 per day after that.
If they do not stop operations,the Municipal corporation will act legally to stop their operations.Parents are hereby warned not to enroll their wards in the schools listed below….

1. Right Way english school,Nerul
2. Eden school,Nerul
3. Goodwill English school,Shirawane,Nerul
4. Freedom Fighter and Maruthi Kale School,Nerul
5. St.Xaviers school,Nerul
6. Sri Ram Hindi Vidyalaya,Shirawane,Nerul
7. Sri Sai Jyothi English school,Koparkhairne
8. New City English school,Sanpada
9. Bharatiya Jagran school,Koparkhairne
10. Indrayani English medium school,Koparkhairne
11. Apex school,Gotivali.
12. Radcliffe school,Sector 11,Belapur
13. Rajeev Gandhi Hindi Vidyalaya, a Hindi medium from Yadavnagar
14. New Modern School, a Marathi medium at Ghansoli
15. Ganesh Vidaylaya, a Marathi medium school from Digha.
16. Samvedana Vidyamandir, a Marathi medium school, Digha
17. Bharatiya Jagran School\’s all three mediums – Marathi, English and Hindi Medium – from Koparkhairane
18. Saraswati Vidya Niketan, an English medium school from Ghansoli
19. St Mary\’s night school, an English medium from Vashi