Author: Golden Yug

JMC’s fake demolition drive exposed: Illegal commercial construction goes on in Shastri Nagar Owner Col KK Lakhanpal illegally sold out 2nd partition of residential bifurcated plot facing front towards main road of Shastri Nagar Colony to one Vishal Dabotra through power of attorney without prior NOC of Housing Board as legally bifurcated plot of Housing Board can’t be transferred in name of new owner whose sole aim was to raise commercial construction keeping in view commercial establishments in the surroundings in connivance with concerned JMC enforcement staff deployed in Wrd-22 Dy General Manager Housing Board Unit-II, Jammu vide letter No.HU/II/2452-53…

JMC in an eyewash action when violated ground, first and 2nd floors besides unauthorized 3rd floor was completed served owner notice under section 7(3) BOCA Act 1988  vide No. MJ/CEO/62/03/2021 dated 6-1-2022 serving owner 15 days ultimatum to remove violations as mentioned in violation chart and as per Tribunal’s order didn’t take any follow-up action against owner and allowed him to complete violated construction and start running commercial activities.   Despite Tribunal reminding  Commissioner JMC  that   he could have  used his powers vested under section 256 (1) of JMC Act 2000 prior to serving owner notice under section 7(3) of COBO Act…

JMC’s building laws go for a toss GY CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAR 16 Close on the heels of a fake demolition drive by the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) to soothe public anger, work on a commercial structure resumed today in Shastri Nagar, a residential locality.It may be recalled here that following public outcry, the JMC, on March 4, had conducted a fake demolition drive to stall a commercial construction at plot number 29-C Shastri Nagar in the temple City. The construction work remained suspended for around 12 days. However, the landlord KK Lakhanpal resumed construction today. The unauthorised and illegal commercial…

GY CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAR 12 The Jammu and Kashmir Excise Department today strongly rebutted the news being circulated on various social media platforms regarding the increase in number of vends (Wine Shops) in Jammu & Kashmir, terming it as  fake and baseless.A communication issued by the department in this regard stated that “As per J&K Excise Policy for the year 2025-26 notified vide SO 38 dated 15th February, 2025, 305 number of vends (Wine Shops) were put to e-auction on 15.02.2025 and after culmination of the bidding process, 271 vends got allotted through the e-auction process (which was conducted by J&K Bank) to the successful H1 bidders and rest of 34 locations are being put to re-auction through Public Notice Issued on 07.03.2025 and…

JMC enforcement staff didn’t take action against owner as per JMC Act 2000 , the owner not only completed slab work on first and second floors as commercial halls in Dec 2024-Jan 2025 on RCC pillars at par with existing violated ground floor covering nearly 2500 sqft and also raised unauthorized 3rd floor measuring nearly 15×60 (900 sqft ) and also galleries upto third floor besides completely renovating existing ground floor not as per affidavit produced by him before start of further construction like constructing partition walls, porch and also remove violations from backside but owner instead constructed totally commercial…

Owner deviating from residential approved site plan didn’t construct Verandah towards front side in left side followed by informal in the middle sitting room , toilet, lobby , kitchen and bedroom on ground floor. Similarly on first and 2nd floors, the owner didn’t construct balcony , toilet , bedroom which means in absence of all this in no way this construction is considered residential construction GY CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAR 5 Posh residential areas Gandhi Nagar, Trikuta Nagar, Shastri Nagar and Channi Himmat are fast turning into breeding grounds for unauthorized conversion of residential properties for commercial purposes. Housing colonies…

Govt placed him I/C Junior Engineer Diploma Holder overruling exercise of powers of SRO-180 of 26th May 1997, Engineering Subordinate Service Recruitment Rules, 1997 wherein method of recruitment from Draftsman (Civil) Promotion through Departmental promotion committee as Junior Engineer Diploma holder needed 3 years Diploma course from recognized institute and for JE degree holder needed 4 years Degree from a recognized institution or AMIE from institution of Engineers India. The Draftsman promoted as Junior Engineer diploma holder totally against subordinate Engineering recruitment rules of SRO 180 GY CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAR 4 One Draftsman Waqar Ahmed who is presently posted as…

Owner was allowed first and 2nd floor 87.59 sqm (942 sqft) each, the owner was duty bound to leave front 3.96 mtr, rear-2.135 mtr, side-1, 1 mtr. As per approved site plan, the existing ground floor was shown as 106 sqm(1140 Sqft) whereas as per registry of residential ground floor in Court of law the existing ground floor was shown 1333 Sqft besides as per approved site plan, the violations of front and rear side were typically marked in green reminding owner to demolish these violations before start of proposed first and 2nd floor construction but was not done by…

Owner didn’t raise residential construction on ground floor like bedroom, lobby, kitchen, toilet and also cut out for ventilation and also staircase towards front side was also not constructed but to hoodwink general public and JMC Authorities kept 2 ft size two windows and small size door 2 ft in size in middle of these two windows to show construction being residential as walls adjoin with it was deliberately constructed as temporary walls with a intention to remove them easily and also didn’t leave area as mandatory in setbacks like the owner left front 10.6ft when he was duty bound…

Dy Commissioner South, JMC  surprisingly on his own calculation declares existing violations at site less than 10%  claiming violations on one side of setbacks are beyond limit of compounding directing owner to demolish violations without serving relevant notice under UBBL-2021/JMC Act 2000 Owner makes mockery of JMC BOCA Authority by restarting violated commercial construction on residential plot in Jan 2025 when approved site plan had lapsed and without getting site plan approved afresh on the basis of presentation by owner to renovate his premises instead of dismantling violations allows start of unauthorized construction on RCC pillars from ground floor  and…