CHENNAI: The first set of 50 applications, seeking regularisation of building, was rejected by the monitoring committee appointed on the order of the Madras High Court.

None of the 50 multi-storeyed commercial buildings was found fit to qualify for regularisation under the 1999 scheme, the committee concluded, after scrutinising the detailed data sheets produced by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA).

Subsequently, orders to restore them to original condition were passed.

One hundred buildings are awaiting compliance certificate. The multi-department committee constituted by CMDA inspected eight of them and found they had not entirely complied with the various development control norms. Hence the applications were rejected. They would be taken up only after the building owners complied with the norms.

The CMDA has now proposed that a multi-department committee be set up permanently, with the Authority as the coordinator. It will inspect buildings and issue completion certificate. It is hoped that the arrangement would reduce the time taken to process the application, and ensure better compliance.

Quashing of schemes

The Madras High Court ordered constitution of the committee after quashing all regularisation schemes evolved by the State Government after 1999.

The schemes in effect sought to regularise violations of different kinds in buildings in the Chennai Metropolitan Area. The CMDA has filed an action taken report on building violation and the functioning of the monitoring committee as directed by the court.

It is expected that in the next meeting, more applications of multi-storeyed buildings would be reviewed for regularisation and enforcement aspect of building rules discussed.

M.G. Devasahayam, a member of the committee, felt that most of the multi-storey buildings had not complied with fire safety norms. It reflected the ineffective enforcement by the CMDA.

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