Government of Telangana has enacted TS-bPASS Act 2020 for getting hassle free building permissions through on-line and to facilitate Building approval process to Citizens in an objective and time-bound manner.
It has come to the notice of the Government that, there is an extreme delay by some of the officers in processing of applications in the Municipalities / Municipal Corporations/ HMDA.
Accordingly to maintain the spirit of TS-bPASS Act 2020, the Government levied penalty on the six (6) officials of HMDA on 12.10.2022 and vide Lr.No.2461/Plg.III/2021Dt.14.10.2022 instructed the District Collector’s concerned to impose penalty on 33 officials i.e,six (6) Municipal Commissioners and 27 scrutiny officers who have delayed the process of TS-bPASS applications within time frame.
The Government is reviewing the performance of different officials regularly and imposing penalties on erring officials. So far penalties have been levied six times since commencement of TS-bPASSin the year 2020 and a total of 56 officials have been imposed with penalties.
The Government also advised the District Collectors to review the approval process under TS-bPASS more frequently so that delays are not occurred in future.
