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The Punjab Cabinet has approved amendments to the state's land pooling policy aimed at increasing benefits for landowners while introducing measures to simplify project implementation and regularisation processes. Cleared during a Cabinet meeting in the past week, the revised policy increases the entitlement of commercial plots and provides larger residential plots for landowners opting out of commercial allotments. The amendments also introduce a special Letter of Intent provision for small farmers, extend the validity of Sahuliyat Certificates and exempt original landowners from stamp duty on developed plots allotted under the policy. In addition, the Cabinet approved changes to facilitate the regularisation of unauthorised colonies and waived facilitation charges for several citizen services linked to the ongoing electoral roll revision exercise.
The Punjab Cabinet has approved a series of amendments to the state's land pooling policy, introducing enhanced benefits for landowners and additional measures intended to streamline land development and property regularisation. The decisions were taken during a Cabinet meeting held in the past week, with the state government stating that the revised policy seeks to provide greater incentives to landowners participating in land pooling projects while addressing procedural issues affecting citizens and developers.
Under the amended policy, landowners contributing one acre of agricultural land will now be entitled to a commercial plot measuring 210 square yards, compared with the earlier allocation of 200 square yards. The Cabinet has also revised the residential entitlement for landowners who choose not to receive the commercial plot. Such landowners will now receive a residential plot measuring 1,630 square yards instead of the earlier 1,600 square yards. For commercial-category projects, the entitlement has been increased from 800 square yards to 840 square yards per acre.
The Cabinet has further approved the introduction of a special Letter of Intent provision for small farmers and extended the validity of the Sahuliyat Certificate from two years to four years. In another significant amendment, original landowners allotted developed plots under the land pooling policy will be exempt from paying stamp duty and other charges at the time of registration or execution of conveyance deeds. Alternatively, eligible beneficiaries may avail themselves of the stamp duty exemption while purchasing land anywhere in Punjab, up to the value determined on the collector rate of the acquired land.
Alongside the land pooling amendments, the Cabinet approved changes to Rule 31 of the Punjab Apartment and Property Regulation Rules to simplify the regularisation of unauthorised colonies across the state. Under the revised provisions, colonies where at least 25 per cent of plots have already been developed will become eligible for regularisation. Residential and industrial colonies will be required to pay a compounding fee equivalent to 5 per cent of the prevailing collector rate on the colony's gross area, while commercial colonies will be subject to a 10 per cent fee. Where applications are submitted by Resident Welfare Associations, the provisions of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act will not apply, although promoters or associations will remain responsible for obtaining statutory approvals and completing pending infrastructure works.
The Cabinet also approved the waiver of facilitation charges for several citizen-centric services, including birth, caste and residence certificates, as well as duplicate Class X and XII certificates, from 1 July to 30 September. The state government said the measure was intended to ensure that residents do not incur additional costs while obtaining documents required for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Source - PTI
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