- 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
The owner purposefully didn’t get site plan approved from JMC as had the owner applied for approval of site plan , he would have got only 70% construction and was duty bound to leave 30% for parking and moreover he couldn’t have got permission to construct basement which was constructed by owner by covering hundred percent area under construction and raising further three floors When slab work being done on 2nd floor, the photographs of same along with relevant details were sent on whatsapp numbers of Commissioner JMC, Enforcement Officer Anil Kashyap and enforcement Inspector Shiv Kumar on 2-5-2024 seeking…
Owner applied for change in business vide Application No. JK-COR-NOC/2023/00190 dated 20-7-2023 but the permission file remained linger on for one year and meanwhile the owner was granted sufficient time to make necessary changes to run Jeweller Showroom Tanishq and significantly changed inter dimensions without JMC permission JMC took no action against owner when he was raising violated construction and under extreme public pressure served owner BOCA demolition notice under provision of section 7(3) vide No.MJ/CEO/240/3/2011 dated 1-3-2012 when the structure was nearing completion setting ground for compounding of violations which was later done by Tribunal when owner approach it…
Despite bringing violated construction of basement right from initial stage of digging , the Enforcement staff deputed in the area lent only deaf ear and deliberately closed their eyes and digging continued and steel net was laid and steel pillars raised because of their patronage to owner who is well known contractor and builder The owner however instead of starting construction of commercial ground floor as per approved site plan actually first started construction of basement by going for digging more than 10 ft deep inside soil couple of weeks back covering hundred percent area of commercial site but sadly…
The owners deliberately didn’t get NOC from Housing Board and also didn’t get the commercial site plans approved from JMC as had they got site plan approved from JMC they would have got 70% construction as per JMP-2032 and Unified Building Bye-laws 2021 and the owners wanted to cover hundred percent area because of recent hike in price of commercial sites in Channi Himmat Housing Board colony GY CORRESPONDENT jammu, may 01 Notwithstanding JMC made site plan approval procedure easiest one with a aim so that eligible owners without any hodge-podge can apply for approval of both residential and commercial…
Despite publishing a detailed story along with picture of ongoing commercial construction at 250-C Sector-2 Channi Himmat dated 23-3-2024 and 20-4-2024 highlighting commercial Hall construction without any windows and ventilators without properly maintaining setbacks from front and back side on residential plot with picture but sadly nothing was done in this regard and as a result of which the construction has now reached upto slab level on RCC pillars and in couple of days slab work will be completed. It deserves mentioning here that the site plan was approved in favour of Chander Bhushan s/o Tarlok Nath vide No. 1430/JMC/BS/2021…
When contacted concerned Enforcement Inspector Shiv Kumar regarding construction of basement after modifying existing two shops, he claimed that shops were sinking and as a result of which jack used to lift construction but in reality the sinking took place when the owners made excessive digging for construction of basement without JMC permission Dr Jyotsana despite having serious nature violations in stage-1st violations somehow managed to get stage-2nd approved site plan from JMC vide No. 1493/JMC/BS/2023-24 dated 22-11-2023 allowing Ground floor plus four floor(G-Floor+4 floors) and with the help of enforcement staff deputed in area , this violated construction going…
Housing Board didn’t transfer ownership rights of plot 539/4 measuring 40×80 Sqft to rectify its past mistake of allotting two plots in the name of one person another being residential plot 5/4 measuring 50×100 Sqft both in Channi Himmat Housing Board colony main road , Ward-50 so no NOC granted for selling plot by Housing Board, JMC can’t approve site plan in favour of new owner Despite publishing a detailed story along with picture of ongoing commercial construction at 250-C Sector-2 Channi Himmat dated 23-3-2024 highlighting commercial Hall construction without any windows and ventilators without leaving anyrhing from front and…
JMC earlier permitted owner Swarn Singh s/o Partap Singh of 224/2 Channi Himmat Housing Board Zonal planned colony to raise violated two bedroom set against approved site plan despite locals expressing strong resentment, concerned staff in JMC particularly Enforcement Inspector and Enforcement Officer didn’t pay any heed to this violated construction Commissioner JMC order vide No. JMC/Estt/14387-93 dated 15-3-2024 ordered fresh allotments in Wards for smooth functioning of Enforcement Wing particularly Enforcement Inspectors shall maintain proper registers of each Ward and take action against violators as admissible under rules with proper entry on action taken register has proved mere eyewash…
GY CORRESPONDENT jammu, apr 05 Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) has badly failed to take decisive action against illegal construction and commercialization of residential areas in Municipal areas. Due to the pressure from people having close political connections the illegal transformation is going on with impunity while the enforcement agencies are turning a blind eye towards the unlawful activities. Despite law passed against such violations, JMC has failed to stop conversion of residential colonies into commercial spaces, which has led to chaos in many areas in the urban centres. To put things in perspective, JMC Encroachment staff particularly Enforcement Inspector Pranav…
In a RTI reply, Dy Commissioner North vide letter No. JMC/DC(N)/RTI7465-66 dated 19-3-2024 replied that till date Brite Neon has paid Rs 3545099 when nearly Rs 2 crores by now should have been deposited in JMC exchequer & no serious efforts made to recover same till date Revenue section of JMC having connivance with contractor nearly 2 crores amount though unofficially deposited few pockets but not deposited in JMC exchequer but concerned higher authorities are still mute over this JMC higher authorities should tell Jammuites why no action was taken against Brite Neon Private Ltd for violating contract and causing…