JMC Building Officer/Surveyor ignores serious violations on exiting floor and recommends further construction of two floors measuring 2200 Sqft each against permitted 1402 Sqft each with a condition to remove existing violations from backside but enforcement staff allows equally violated first floor to owner without dismantling existing violation on existing ground floor from backside where at present simultaneously white washing and steel structure from backside construction going on

The owner after halting construction for over one year couple of days ago restarted construction of attached room on existing Porch measuring 200 Sqft besides steel structure from backside and under the guidance of enforcement staff deputed in area simultaneously white washing ongoing construction of room as is visible from picture clicked on 13-9-2024 by aggrieved locals when such a construction on porch is strictly prohibited as per approved site plan when allowed terrace only
GY CORRESPONDENT
jammu, sep 13
One Ramesh Chander s/o Nagar Mal c/o M/S Ramesh Enterprises Jammu owner of residential plot 152/7 measuring 40X80 (3200 Sqft) Channi Himmat Housing Board colony constructed a violated floor measuring nearly 2200 Sqft along with porch measuring 200 Sqft and use it as AK Studio. However owner applied for further construction of ground and first floor vide application No. 2745 dated 25-8-2022. As per Building officer report existing ground floor already approved by JMC and a shed is existing at rear setback of site which owner intends to demolish as per submitted drawing. However proposal of residential construction conform to norms of UBBL 2021. As desired, previous case NOCs data uploaded in which in which Board received in the instant case. Lane along the site is 18 mtrs. Site is a part of Channi Himmat Housing Board colony. JMC approved site plan despite violations of setbacks vide No. 1941/JMC/BS/2022 dated 6-2-2023 allowing first and 2nd floor 130.27 Sqm (1402 Sqft) each with front 6.71 mtr (22 ft) , rear 3.05 mtr (11.5 ft) and side-1 3.05 mtr. The owner was not allowed construction on existing porch and allowed terrace on both floors. The height of building fixed 11.34 mtr (37 ft) from front road level and accordingly paid permitted area fee Rs 12610 and also gave undertaking on affidavit that he will demolish violative portion of existing ground floor as per approved site plan raised at the site before start of fresh construction vide No. INJK05977869818294V dated 16-1-2023. But the owner with help of then enforcement staff didn’t demolish violative construction (11.5 ft x 40 ft) from backside . With the help of enforcement staff, the owner raised two equal floors ( full-fledged commercial hall without walls partition 2200 Sqft each against permitted 1402 Sqft each without maintaining mandatory setbacks in the month of July 2023. The owner after halting construction for over one year couple of days ago started construction of attached room besides steel structure on both floors from backside and under the guidance of enforcement staff deputed in area simultaneously white washing ongoing construction of room as is visible from picture clicked on 13-9-2024 by aggrieved locals when such a construction on porch is strictly prohibited as per approved site plan when allowed terrace only.
This dual functioning of enforcement staff one for rich and another for poor has been strongly resented by aggrieved locals as in most of cases enforcement staff spares action against rich and influential violators but remains ready to target poor with minor violations and the same is highlighted in social media as if they are very strict against violative construction but the reality is that they always join hands with influential violators and never report serious violations at initial stage and also until, and unless print media highlights such violative construction. Commissioner JMC is once again urged to punish enforcement staff who are openly allowing coimmercial coinstruction on residential plots against JMP-2032 and Unified Building Bye-laws 2021.