Now the lease term is 30 years, renaming, change facility - Leaseholder hearing committee report submitted to the mayor


 Nagpur, May 5: A final report was submitted to Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari by a committee headed by former mayor Sandeep Joshi on various issues raised by the lease holders in the city and the ordinance of the state government.  Deputy Mayor Mrs. Manisha Dhavade was present on this occasion.
 A committee was constituted under the chairmanship of former mayor Sandeep Joshi on the issues of lease holders.  The committee comprises Leader of Opposition Tanaji Vanve, Senior Councilor and Nasupra Trustee Sanjay Bangale, Women and Child Welfare Committee Chairperson Divya Dhurde and Corporator Vaishali Naranware.
 Bringing equality in terms and conditions of lease through leaseholders before lease holders, lease renewal handling charges, unauthorized transfer and use, land rent rates, non-agricultural taxes, creation of mortgage or burden, renaming charges, no-objection certificate for sale and purchase, allotment of plots, classification of permanent leases.  In 1, the option to reflect, the imposition of punishment, etc. were presented.  A public hearing was held by the committee on all these issues and public opinion was invited.
 During and after 1987, when renewing the lease, the terms and conditions of the lease were changed against the terms and conditions of the original lease.  In the public hearing in this regard, the text regarding the terms and conditions of the lease by the public should be the same for all the land holders.  It was suggested that if there was any change in the terms and conditions during the previous renewal, it should be dismissed and the renewal should be done for the next 30 years by maintaining the original terms and conditions.
 The Committee unanimously agreed that the terms and conditions could not be changed while the lease was in force in the context of the judgment passed by the Court in the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court.  Accordingly, unilateral change in the terms and conditions of the lease would be unjustified by law.  The lease should be renewed in accordance with the original terms and conditions, excluding the terms and conditions changed.  He also said that in the cases where the terms and conditions have been renewed and the terms and conditions have been amended, an explanation should be given in the amendment article regarding the cancellation of the terms and conditions.
 In a public hearing, the public had demanded a fee of Rs 500 from each landlord for handling the lease renewal.  On this, the committee unanimously accepted the point raised by the people and their representatives.
 An amount of Rs. 10,000 should be fixed for unauthorized transfer.  He also said that if the sale or transfer is done once or four times, a fine of Rs 10,000 should be levied.
 Unauthorized transfer should be considered only if the construction plan has been constructed, sold or transferred without obtaining approval from Nagpur Municipal Corporation's Construction Department or Town Planning Department.  He also said that a penalty of three per cent should be levied for planning and the map should be approved and regulated.
 In cases where renewal of lease has been done as per Resolution No. 336 dated 25.11.2008 and Corporation Resolution No. 299 dated 20.10.2018, the land rent rate will remain the same till the expiry of their lease period.
 Also in cases where land rent has been charged as per the notification of Maharashtra Government dated 13 September 2019.  In such cases, the land rent should be canceled and the land rent should be charged at the rate of 0.02 per cent of the market value per annum as per the prevailing Shigrasiddha calculator, the report said.
 Apart from this, the committee also agreed that renaming fee will not be applicable to the permanent lease holders.  An amount of Rs. 5,000 should be fixed for obtaining No Objection Certificate for purchase and sale.  The text of the application for obtaining No Objection Certificate for Purchase and Sale should be made available at the Real Estate Department.  The details of each transfer will be reported to the real estate department of the corporation and the no-objection certificate for purchase and sale should be made mandatory after 30 years of renewal from 2017 to 2047 to make the naming process easy and convenient.