Published by Authority
No. 12] CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2025 (PHALGUNA 30 , 1946 SAKA)
PART I
Punjab Government Notifications and Orders
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(HOUSING-2 BRANCH)
NOTIFICATION
The 20th February, 2025
No. 13/75/24-1Hg2/261.- For the disposal of the land reserved for EWS and to generate funds for construction of EWS houses, Notification No. 17/04/2016-1Hg2/1280 dated 24.05.2016 was issued by Government. Now, it has come to notice that the land transferred/reserved for EWS is scattered in several pockets ranging from 0.5 acres to more than 10 acres. Therefore, a more viable option would be to monetize these land pockets and utilize the proceeds of such monetization for EWS. In view of above the Governor of Punjab exercising all the powers enabling in this behalf is pleased to issue the policy for Optimum utilization of land reserved for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) as follow:-
1. The Chief Administrators area authorised to plan the pockets, reserved for EWS at their level to cater to the needs of the end user and that would have a mix of residential, commercial and institutional etc. CAs are further authorised to get this planning done expeditiously and in such a way that would ensure maximum convenience to the people and generate good and reasonable revenue for the Department by way of auctioning of these sites after getting their reserve price fixed from Deputy Commissioner in the District Price Fixation Committee.
2. The proceeds from the disposal of these developed pockets shall be deposited in a dedicated EWS account and will be used as per the provisions of the notification No. 17/04/2016-Hg2/1280 dated 24.05.2016, including costs incurred on any acquisitions/development for such land, as may be separately provided to develop EWS plots/houses.
3. The Chief Administrators will identify and acquire separate chunks of land measuring at least 500 acres each for Mohali and Ludhiana and at least 100 acres each for Bathinda, Jalandhar, Patiala and Amritsar.
At least 50% of the final available developed area of these chunks of land with the Authorities (after taking care of land pooling if it happens) shall be used for making either plots or houses for the EWS.
RAHUL TEWARI, IAS Chandigarh
Principal Secretary, Govt of Punjab,