Building permission in 21 days

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Minister for Municipal Administration Mr K T Rama Rao in a recent meeting on the online building permissions had expressed concern over the delay that is taking place at every stage.

The MA&UD Principal Secretary who reviewed the online building system issued the orders reducing the time limit for issue of building permission from 30 days to 21 days.

If permission is not given within 21 days, it amounts to deemed approval. Time limit of ten days prescribed for seeking information on documents or additional information from the public.

Building permission in 21 days

To ensure the above time limits are followed, the inspecting officer or the scrutiny officer has been instructed to complete the inspection within seven days.

No inspection of the site if the site is located in approved or regularized layout. Verification of ownership documents shall be completed by the land section, revenue section of HMDA and GHMC within seven days.

The license of the licensed architects, engineers, surveyors will be cancelled if they submit wrong plans or give faulty information more than three times.

If the time limits are not followed, penalty of Rs 1000 for every one day delay will be levied on the staff concerned for the delay, Mr Kumar said.

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