The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has decided to introduce a system of self-assessment in case of compoundable violations made by allottees with effect from July 1.
A spokesman of Huda said on Monday that the system would be introduced to redress the difficulties of allottees in obtaining occupation certificates, as the present process of checking the completion report and assessment of violations is very tedious and time-consuming, causing much delay in issuing completion certificates to allottees.
Giving details of the self-assessment system, he said the self-assessment form would be filled in and signed by the supervising architect, on a standard format to be provided by Huda. The format could be downloaded from Huda’s website huda.gov.in. The architect would refer to the list of compoundable violations and rates circulated by Huda from time to time. The compoundable violations and their measurement details (as present on the site) would be filled accordingly. He would also calculate the amount of penalty at the specified rates.
The self-assessment form would be accompanied with a demand draft of the penalty amount and should be submitted while applying for the occupation certificate.
While submitting the self-assessment form, a certificate to the effect that the compoundable violations mentioned in the self-assessment form conform to the Huda compounding policy and that there were no non-compoundable violations in the building work would be given by the architect.
Any false information in the self-assessment form might lead to charges of professional misconduct and in such case, the authority might refer the case of the architect to the Council of Architecture for disciplinary action.
The spokesman said the JEs would check the measurements and calculations shown in the self-assessment form by visiting the premises as per present practice. They would also make sure that the measurements shown tally with those on the actual site. SDEs would check at least 10% of the applications on a monthly basis.
The administrators would arrange at least two training sessions of the private architects within their zones during June and July so that doubts regarding the self-assessment policy are cleared. For this purpose, the SDE (Buildings) or other technical officers might be asked to hold training sessions.