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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
CHIEF SECRETARIAT (HOUSING)
(G.O. Ms. No. 18/2025-Hg., Puducherry, dated 16th December 2025)
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 34-A read with
section 82 of the Puducherry Town and Country Planning Act, 1969
(Act No. 13 of 1970), the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, in
consultation with the Town and Country Planning Department, hereby
makes the following Amendments to the Puducherry Change of Land Use
Regulations, 2022 notified vide G.O. Ms. No. 11/2022-Hg., Puducherry,
dated 15th December, 2022 and published vide Issue No. 76, Part-II of
the Extraordinary Gazette of Puducherry, namely:–
La Gazette de L' État de Poudouchéry
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1. Short title, commencement and application.— (1) These
regulations may be called as the Puducherry Change of Land Use
(Amendment) Regulations, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on and from the date of
publication in the Official Gazette.
(3) These regulations shall apply to the entire Union territory
of Puducherry.
2. Amendment of clause 4.— In the Puducherry Change of Land
Use Regulations, 2022, for the clause 4, the following shall be substituted,
namely:–
“4. Processing of online application.— (1) On receipt of online
application for change of the land use, the Planning Authority shall call
for any missing details or particulars required from the applicant within
five working days from the date of receipt of the online application.
(2) The Planning Authority shall inspect the site/land within
fifteen working days from the date of receipt of the online
application.
(3) The Planning Authority within twenty-one working days
from the date of receipt of the online application shall publish
a notice in the official website of the Town and Country Planning
Department, the Planning Authorities and in the Official Gazette
of Puducherry, inviting objections or suggestions from the
public in writing within fifteen (15) days from the date of
publication of the notice.
(4) The objections or suggestions shall be examined by the
Member-Secretary of the respective Planning Authority and
shall prepare a report on the online applications within fifteen
working days from the last date of filing of objections/
suggestions.
(5) In respect of online applications received for change of
land use in lands less than 500 sq.m., the Planning Authority
Committee in its Meeting convened as per the provisions of the
Act shall examine the online applications for Change of Land
Use and the reports of the Member-Secretary of the respective
Planning Authority and offer its recommendations. Upon receipt
of the recommendations from the Planning Authority Committee,
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online publication at “https://styandptg.py.gov.in”
Published by the Director, Government Press, Puducherry.
the Land Use Conversion Charge shall be communicated to the
applicant within five working days from the date of receipt of
the recommendations.
(6) In respect of online applications received for change of
land use in lands more than 500 sq.m., the Puducherry Town
and Country Planning Board in its Meeting convened as per the
provisions of the Act shall examine the online applications for
Change of Land Use and the reports of the Member-Secretary
of the respective Planning Authority and offer its recommendations.
(a) The Member-Secretary, Town and Country Planning
Board shall communicate the Land Use Conversion Charge
to the applicant within five working days from the date of
receipt of the recommendations from the Puducherry Town
and Country Planning Board in respect of applications for
change of land use in lands more than 500 sq.m. and less than
10,000 sq.m.
(b) Upon receipt of the recommendations from the
Puducherry Town and Country Planning Board in respect
of applications for change of land use in lands more than
10,000 sq.m. and after obtaining the approval of the
Government for making the Change of Land Use, the
Member-Secretary, Town and Country Planning Board shall
communicate the Land Use Conversion Charge to the
applicant within five working days from the date of receipt
of the approval of the Government.
(7) The Change of Land Use shall be made by the Planning
Authority and shall be published in the Official Gazette within
fifteen working days from the date of receipt of the Land Use
Conversion Charge and the final modifications of land use shall
come into operation from the date of publication of such
notification.”
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
S. MURUGESAN,
Under Secretary to Government (Housing).