- Commercial construction reaches third floor on residential plot 250-C, Sector-2 Channi Himmat Zonal planned colony without maintaining setbacks completely contrary to residential approved site plan with no provision of windows, ventilators, cut out and JMC now serves owner notice under provision of section 253(1) JMC Act 2000 without mentioning actual violations like three floors commercial, extended galleries, iron stairs from backside and no internal walls partitions
- JMC stuns Channi Himmat by sealing Varmani Shopping Complex, Channi Himmat, Sector-2, Ward-50 on 30-12-2024 for violations to tune of 8053 sqft in basement+ground+3 floor excluding violated 4th floor of 2674 sqft correcting earlier violations of 1704 sqft and de-sealing Complex on 31-12-2024 for 20 days besides allowing its functioning since 2013 without depositing compounding fee Rs 127800 by owner as decided by J&K Special Tribunal dated 30-12-2013
- 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 which remained stopped for sometime after aggrieved locals opposed commercial construction and print media highlighted violated construction along with pictures dated 21-10-2024 making land use change without getting site plan approved from JMC which can’t be done plot being bifurcated
- JMC yet again makes mockery of notice under section 253 (1) JMC Act 2000 served to owner of residential plot 66/5 ,Ward-50 Channi Himmat wherein serves 48 hours ultimatum to owner to remove violations dated 14-10-2024 but without taking follow-up action against owner approves fresh site plan dated 28-11-2024 when existing violations were not removed by owner after giving written undertaking and further construction of two floors started
- JMC Building Section out of way sanctions stilt floor commercial parking stage-1st at commercial sites 3,4 and 5 in Sector-2 Ward-50 Channi Himmat and enforcement staff fails to take action against owners when differently approved site plans clubbed and raised joint construction of commercial halls as single unit without maintaining setbacks and not constructing new stilt floors commercial and in spite of violations in stage-1st construction JMC approved stage 2nd construction and at present stage-2nd construction going on from last 15 days with help of enforcement staff
- Commercial construction reaches third floor on residential plot 250-C, Sector-2 Channi Himmat Zonal planned colony without maintaining setbacks completely contrary to residential approved site plan with no provision of windows, ventilators, cut out but JMC yet to take action against owner despite highlighting violated construction in Print Media along with pictures and bringing same in notice of concerned enforcement staff deployed in Channi Himmat Zonal planned colony
- JMC Enforcement staff deputed in Channi Himmat Ward-50 allowing construction of commercial hall on residential plot 634/3 without maintaining setbacks, without partition of walls, windows, ventilators with stairs on front side and also with lift provision absolutely contrary to residential approved site plan doing huge injustice with those who have purchased commercial sites
- Existing violated structure on private land falling under Khasra No. 4 Min, Ward-51, Channi Himmat earlier sealed, site plan withdrawn, then restored without removing violations now undergoing complete renovation and conversion from sanctioned mixed use of both residential and commercial to full-fledged commercial halls on three floors measuring 10000 sqft each to run big size shopping mall without JMC permission but with help of enforcement staff deployed in Channi Himmat
Author: Golden Yug
EESL project was signed between govt and Housing Board and JMC in first phase project costing Rs 64 crores and after that they again increased in second phase worth Rs 36 crores .Last year again new tender floated worth Rs 1 crore for installing solar lights in streets and parks but 70 percent solar lights are not working and there is nobody for maintenance of solar lights and those working remain on for 24 hours as there are no switch for on and off which JMC totally ignored Despite Contractors of JMC complained before Lt Governor Sinha alleging embezzlement/scam by…
JMC enforcement staff despite complaints by locals and also knowing well that validity of site plan has lapsed allowed owner continue construction and instead of serving him BOCA notices under relevant sections supported owner to raise commercial construction on residential plot Owner didn’t construct Porch where it was permitted and infect constructed it as per his personal choice towards front side bringing porch ,verandah, dressing room in a straight line which is against JMP-2032, Unified Building Bye-laws 2021 Commercial constructions on residential plot has badly affected ventilation and sunlight of neighbors who now strongly regretting buying a residential plot in…
Participating bidders allege JMC cancelled earlier tender without any substantial reason as their choice Firm Urban and Rural Sanitation Club was failing to fulfill the required eligibilities to get the tender and after holding on this tender for more than a week citing technical reasons but floated fresh tender to accommodate Urban and Rural Sanitation Club JMC in new tender made suitable changes including keeping annual income turnover of the registered Firm from 1.25 crores to Rs 1 crore per annum for three consecutive years. Secondly eligibility relaxed was that in new tender the vendor must have atleast 2 to…
This piece of land was actually part of pond land and children graveyard (Shishu Samadhian) under Khasra No. 189 (Qabrasthan) 46 Kanals 6 Marlas and under Khasra No. 166 (39 Kanal and 3 Marlas), 24 kanal pond land and 15 Kanal 3 Marlas gair Mumkin Rohardh of village Channi Himmat Jammu GY CORRESPONDENT jammu, jun 16 Jammu Municipal Corporation has failed to take NOCs seriously as in several cases building permission was provided when concerned departments were against it as a result of which several persons grabbed or encroached state land including water bodies (Pond) within Municipal areas. The live…
Owners of banquet hall, “Kings Ville” established on survey No. 781( State Land),782, 783 measuring 12 kanal 16 marla situated at village Deeli of South Jammu in Ward-52 extending area of banquet hall by purchasing adjoining residential plots and converting it into commercial by sheer violations of norms Owners raising boundary wall beyond limit and extending banquet hall towards residential area which make life of locals hell living adjoining it due to noise pollution and kept gates of banquet hall towards residential areas During functions Guests Park vehicles in short lane which creates chaos/ problem for locals and even guest…
Owners neither demolished violations on their own nor JMC ensured implementation of 7(3) demolition notice when owners completely changed internal and external dimensions and infect raising commercial construction on residential plot without maintaining setbacks and the violated structure is still intact as on date but sadly still JMC in no mood to take action against owners on merit JMC under public pressure served owners BOCA notice under provision of section 7(1) dated 27-2-2023 vide No. JMC/CEO/74/01/2022 claiming that the owners have raised ground plus two floors against approved site plan and have not observed mandatory setbacks besides floor coverage as…
Mayor’s tough words against accused enforcement staff that if found guilty will be suspended and terminated failed to create any impact as unauthorized constructions continuing unabated, no one so far held responsible for allowing unauthorized constructions in Wards 35 &36 Site behind where picture of Mayor accompanied by Commissioner JMC dated 23-4-2023 is basically corner residential plot in Ward-35, JDA Pandoka Colony ,Paloura where shuttering work on three unauthorized shops was being executed without maintaining setbacks making land use change and now the slab work stands completed When contacted Enforcement Inspector deputed in Ward-35, 36 and local Corporator, both claimed…
Owner produces undertakings thrice before JMC to use building/premises for residential purpose but every time starts commercial activity making mockery of law of land put question mark on leniency of JMC towards owner and trusting habitual offender again and again Residents of Channi Himmat Govt Housing Colony deeply disappointed with working of JMC disturbing their peace with boom in commercial construction on residential plots allowing commercial activities against approved site plans with patronage of JMC enforcement staff Owner is running multi brand showroom on an area of 1227 Sqft a full-fledged commercial hall against total plot area on ground floor…
As per JMP-2032 and Unified Building Bye-laws 2021, the owner was entitled 55% (1760 Sqft) construction but owner constructed ground and first floor covering nearly 2600 Sqft against total plot area 3200 Sqft Owner didn’t start construction after getting site plan approved from JMC till first week of March 2023 when he started plinth work but by then the validity of approved site plan had lapsed and didn’t get fresh site plan approved from JMC as per Unified Building Bye-laws 2021 When enforcement Inspector Jasbir Singh didn’t listen to locals complaints whose ventilation and sunlight blocked, aggrieved locals complaint violative…
Approved site plan was wrongly approved and was having serious drawbacks as area chart of approved site plan shows porch area as 180 Sqft but in the drawing of approved site plan the area of porch has been mentioned as 17×18 (306 Sqft). Moreover, Porch, Verandah, drawing room as per approved drawing of site plan was shown in straight line which is rarely witnessed having verandah and porch open Owner didn’t even construct the Porch and Verandah as was mentioned in approved site plan besides extending three ft gallery by terming it verandah on ground floor and infact constructed three…