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The Hindu
2 days ago
- Business
- The Hindu
Puducherry rolls out one-time regularisation scheme for unauthorised constructions
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Monday formally launched the one-time regularisation scheme for unauthorised constructions and plan violations. The scheme was inaugurated at a function organised in the Chief Minister's chamber in the Legislative Assembly in the presence of Speaker R. Selvam, Public Works Minister K. Lakshminarayanan and officials from the Puducherry Planning Authority and the Town and Country Planning Department. 'The Puducherry One-Time Regularization Scheme for the unpermitted constructions and deviations 2025' will be applicable to buildings constructed and roofed/floored between May 1, 1987 and July 16, 2025 in all regions of Puducherry. Applications for regularisation should be submitted only online and within a period of one year from the date of publication of the notification. Along with the required fees, building plan and certificates/permits documents should be submitted as per the checklist attached with the application, a press note said. A dedicated software module, the Online Building Permission System (OBPS), has been designed by National Informatics Centre in Puducherry to implement the scheme. This will prevent disconnection of electricity, water and sewage facilities, denial of permission to register a building plot, sealing and demolition of a building that violates building regulations. The application fee for residential building is ₹5000 and ₹10,000 for other than residential building. A non-refundable scrutiny fees applies at the rate of ₹20/- per sq.m for residential building and ₹50 per sq.m for other than residential building. The regularisation charges for unauthorised deviated construction for residential building is ₹500 per sq.m, ₹750 per sq.m for mixed use building and special building and ₹1000 per sq.m for multi-storeyed buildings. Government buildings will be exempted from payment of regularisation charges. However, Government aided schools will have to pay 50% of regularisation charges for mixed use building and special building at the rate of ₹750 per sq.m and in the case of multi-storeyed buildings at the rate of ₹1000 per sq.m as applicable. The amnesty scheme will not be applicable in specific cases where the applicant does not have title deed of land or the property, occupies encroached government land or abuts areas designated for development projects. The details of the Regularization Scheme may be accessed from the website of Town and Country Planning Department, Puducherry ( or the website of Puducherry Planning Authority, Puducherry (
The Hindu
16-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Puducherry Chief Minister inaugurated bus stand in Bahour
Chief Minister N. Rangasamy on Wednesday inaugurated the new bus stand constructed near Moolanathar Temple at Bahour village at a cost of around ₹2 crore under the Centre's Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission. Speaker R. Selvam, Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan, Senthil Kumar, MLA and officials attended the inaugural.
The Hindu
09-07-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
AINRC demands Assembly session to discuss Statehood as differences emerge between L-G and CM
The MLAs of the ruling All India N. R. Congress, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Union Territory, have demanded immediate convening of a special session of the Assembly to discuss the issue of Statehood. A delegation led by Minister for Public Works K. Lakshminarayanan on Wednesday met Speaker R. Selvam and submitted a representation requesting the convening of the Assembly at the earliest. 'We have urged the Speaker to convene the Assembly and discuss the Statehood issue before taking a final call on the future course of action,' a legislator, who was part of the delegation told The Hindu. The legislators belonging to the BJP were not part of the delegation. The immediate trigger for the AINRC to raise the Statehood issue was the order issued by Under Secretary to Government (Health) S. Murugesan on Tuesday appointing S. Sevvel, Specialist (Senior Administrative Grade) as Director of Health and Family Welfare Services. After the order came out, Chief Minister had informed Speaker R. Selvam, Home Minister A. Namassivayam (both representing the BJP) that Mr. Sevvel was not his (Mr. Rangasamy also holds the Health portfolio) choice for the post of Director of Health and Family Welfare Services. He had told his MLAs that he was unhappy over his nominee being overlooked by Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan and bureaucrats, party sources said. 'We held a series of meetings at the Chief Minister's residence and the Assembly after the appointment of the new Health Director. Since an elected Chief Minister has got no right to choose the officer he wants, we have decided to fight for Statehood vigorously as the latest development related to the appointment of the Health Director showed where the power really lies,' said a legislator. In a related development, Independent legislator Nehru alias Kuppusamy held a protest in front of the Assembly highlighting lacunae in the administration due to differences between the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Minister. New Health Director takes charge Amidst the developments in the Assembly, Dr. Sevvel took charge as the Director of Health Department. Prior to this, he was holding the charge of Medical Superintendent of Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital since September 2021. A specialist grade senior surgeon, Dr. Sevvel comes with vast experience after being the Head, Department of Surgery, Chief of government pharmacy and stand-in Medical Superintendent of GH, Karaikal during 2005-09. In addition to his MBBS degree and postgraduation from Jipmer, he holds an MBA in Hospital Administration from BITS Pilani and has several other certification programmes to his credit from various institutes, including IIM-Calcutta. According to a senior official, the appointment was based on all prescribed rules, including the Central Health Services Rules 2014 and amendment rules of 2019. 'The appointment was done by selection-cum-seniority from the panel of specialist sub-cadre alone. It was based on well-established rules and procedures,' the official told The Hindu.
