- JMC enforcement staff after shaking hands with owner allows restart of three unauthorized big size commercial shops at residential plot 29-C, Shastri Nagar, Ward-22 on 19-2-2025 which remained stopped for sometime after aggrieved locals opposed commercial construction and print media highlighted violated construction along with pictures making land use change without getting site plan approved from JMC which can’t be done plot being bifurcated
- Residents of Channi Himmat strongly resent Commissioner JMC seeking NOC from J&K Housing Board to establish Rehri Zone at existing Parking site of Channi Himmat main Shamshan Ghat constructed at estimated cost of Rs 78 lacs over Thangar Nallah drain urging both JMC and Housing Board to drop idea in larger interests of Channi Himmat residents and those attend cremations
- JMC finally serves sealing order under JMC Act 2000 to owner of private land falling under Khasra No. 477 Min in Sector-3, Ward-51,old village Channi Himmat when four floors violated structure making 66.37% violations on each floor already completed and husband of owner Dr Rajeev started running Day Care Medical Centre by covering 750 Sqft against owned 644 Sqft without maintaining setbacks and public parking within premises against JMP-2032 and Unified Building Bye-laws 2021
- Forest fire rages on at shrine board from last one month, no accountability
- JMC’s sealing & de-sealing orders to owner of residential plot 274/3,Ward-50, Channi Himmat proved counter-productive for owner as full-fledged commercial hall after removing partition walls of existing ground floor still intact despite undertaking submitted by owner to construct brick walls partition but constructing plywood partitions to hoodwink JMC authorities
- JMC serves owner eyewash de-sealing order without mentioning actual violations to owner of residential plot 328/4 , Ward-50 Channi Himmat for raising violated full-fledged commercial ground floor plus three floors against permitted ground plus two floors without maintaining setbacks, height against JMP-2032 and Unified Building Bye-laws 2021 when construction going on from last ten months and now reaches finishing level
- JMC approves commercial site plan allowing owner to cover 100% plot area in construction of commercial basement for storage & utility and commercial ground floor without mentioning their height not mandating to maintain setbacks at JDA’s commercial site No.5 Phase-II commercial complex Fruit Market, Narwal Fruit Mandi Jammu, Ward-49 adjoining with Head Branch of J&K Grameen Bank against JMP-2032/Unified Building Bye-laws 2021
- JMC unmoved towards unauthorized running of children play centre in both first and 2nd floors and a restaurant cum canteen in the third floor of residential plot 649/3 on main road of Channi Himmat Housing Board Colony even when J&K Housing Board endorsed three letters to Commissioner JMC to act against owner for running commercial activities from residential plot by making sheer breach of lease deed and also against JMP-2032 and Unified Building Bye-laws 2021
Author: Golden Yug
Surprisingly JMC approved commercial site plan stage-1st vide No. 670/JMC/BS/2023-24 dated 6-7-2023 and stage-II construction from JMC vide No. 1394/JMC/BS/2023-2024 dated 9-11-2023 in favour of owner without NOCs from Housing Board and Northern Railways J&K Housing Board Collector wrote to Tehsildar Bahu vide No. HB/CLA/J/6540-43 dated 10-10-2023 and also Deputy Commissioner Jammu vide letter No. HB/CLA/J/289-92, CN 7257592 dated 12-12-2023 for demarcation of Housing Board land adjoining Plot No. 418 Sector-7 Channi Himmat Jammu but nothing done in this regard so far and unauthorized construction of third floor at present going on at site in question. Illegal commercial construction going…
Chief Accounts Officer and Health officer after examining documents submitted by Agency/NGOs reported vide No.MCJ/H/10496-98 dated 25.01.2023 and No.MJ/Accts/5806-08 dated 28.01.2023 that M/s talent Club, M/s Multiple Action Research and M/s National Development Society and M/S Manmeet Consultancy are defaulters on account of non-deposit of EPF/ESIC JMC Commissioner instead of handing over the case to Anti Corruption Bureau/ Crime Branch to prove these serious allegations instead wrote to eleven NGOs to produce record of EPF and ESI for the period of 2020-2021, 2021-2022 vide No.JMC/Estt/9039-42 dated 9-12-2022 after one month of letter received from Anti Corruption Bureau highlighting serious huge…
JMC granted NOC showing no regard for Tribunal, for operation of J&K Bank branch vide No. JMC/RB/1350-51 dated 14-3-2017 which was beyond their power of jurisdiction as the operation of J&K Bank branch means land use change that too without any provision for public parking within premises and also against RBI guidelines for opening of Bank branch. Owner despite giving written undertaking on Affidavit that he will close down the basement which he had constructed illegally on stamp paper worth Rs 10 having serial No. M482397 dated 22-4-2010 both before Tribunal and JMC authorities pledging that he will not use…
Dy General Manager, Housing Board Unit Ist Channi Himmat didn’t advertised through Information Deptt e-tender notice ,E-NIT No. 34 of 2023-24 dated 25-9-2023 for outsourcing Gym/Health Club community Hall and Park by Dy General Manager Housing Board with proposed amount of Rs 18 lacs annually excluding GST and all other applicable taxes which could not be matured for reasons best known to Housing Board and floated another e-tender, E-NIT No.41 of 2023-24 dated 28-10-2023 but this time with lowered cost of Rs 16.lacs excluding GST and other applicable taxes and kept rest of terms and conditions altogether same which is…
Most of the owners after serving of final notice undergoing unauthorized constructions in Channi Himmat Housing Board colony are attorney holders from original alottees and haven’t obtained NOCs from Housing Board which is prerequisite for undertaking any construction whether residential or commercial and also it is mandatory for JMC for approving site plans both residential and commercial JMC unmoved towards ongoing commercial construction at residential plot 171/2 owned by one Dev Raj attorney holder from original alottee Vaishno Kumar Sharma on main road of Channi Himmat Housing Board colony without JMC permission and also without NOC from Housing Board and…
ACB had recovered gold and silver worth more than Rs. 2.7 Crores of Pranav Gandotra, the then TSO Satwari & Kerosene Oil Inspector Jammu Rural in Disproportionate Assets Case. Total value of the properties seized/attached property was Rs. 2,83,62,062 Court however maintained that de-sealing order is however without prejudice to the right and position of Anti Corruption Bureau being taken in the case that the course of action adopted by ACB to seal the property is accordance with law. The Court further ordered that the Petitioner upon her re-entry in no manner shall carry out any addition/alteration be it temporary…
Compoundable violations included ground floor 1076.20 Sqmt, first floor as 1084.57 Sqm, 2nd floor as 1270.81 sqm and third floor also 1270.81 sqm which nearly becomes 45000 Sqft. As per order, the owner was directed to demolish walls raised on 5th floor. It is interesting to note that after some total of violations so compounded it becomes an outstanding amount of Rs 50 lacs excluding labour cess which would not have deposited in JMC exchequer had the Golden Yug not published detailed stories and woke up JMC from deep slumber. Owner against sealing order wrongly argued that he is in…
Before citizens pay their tax, JMC should enquire whether JMC officials using JMC accommodation paying rent, government Schools, Colleges, and all other government offices also have huge buildings in the Municipal area whether they are paying taxes and filing their self-assessment Public asking whether JMC staff deputed for public service or self-service as burdening various nature Hawkers with hike in various kinds of fees and ignoring action against influential persons causing serious loss to JMC exchequer put question mark on their working JMC enhances various fees/taxes pertaining to Building section including copying fee from Rs 100 to Rs 1000,application fee…
JMC to save their skin under huge public pressure served owner BOCA notice under section 7 (1) dated 6-7-2023 nearly after 120 days since start of construction projecting huge violations of 42.40% on ground Floor , 67.88% on first floor, 28.35% 2nd floor and owner also didn’t maintain mandatory setbacks particularly rear which was supposed to left 4.7 mtr but owner left 1.3 mtr thus making violation of 72.34% besides violations in height as 3.71% and side-2nd with 100% violation Violations as mentioned in notice under 7(1) vide No. JMC/CEO/33/01/23 dated 6-7-2023 were much higher than projected by JMC as…
Owner against 7(3) BOCA notice vide No.MJ/CEO/68/3/21 dated 11-3-2022 approached J&K Special Tribunal Bench-III after nearly 36 days when he was supposed to approach Court within five days from date of serving of notice, however got status Quo vide No.STJ/iii/111/F/2022 dated 19-4-2022. Owner has made land use change which is serious violation of contempt of Court order as status Quo is still in place and JMC if serious about land use change cases should file contempt appeal against owner before Court to serve as deterrent for other violators GY CORRESPONDENT jammu, dec 12 It is now an established fact that…