The Vadodara Municipal Company standing committee handed a decision valuing a 978-square-metre civic plot in Tandalja at INR 210,000 per sq m, officers mentioned. The valuation, ready below Land Disposal Act norms by a multi-agency committee, is legitimate for 3 years and can be closing after approval at a gathering.
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The Vadodara Municipal Company (VMC) has set a worth for a land parcel that Trinamool Congress MP Yusuf Pathan has occupied with out approval. An official mentioned the speed was fastened at Rs 2.10 lakh per sq. metre. The land measures 978 sq. metres. It’s situated within the Tandalja space of Vadodara.
The Vadodara Municipal Company standing committee handed a decision valuing a 978-square-metre civic plot in Tandalja at INR 210,000 per sq m, officers mentioned. The valuation, ready below Land Disposal Act norms by a multi-agency committee, is legitimate for 3 years and can be closing after approval at a gathering.
An official mentioned the standing committee handed a decision on Friday for valuing seven VMC-owned plots. The plot linked to Pathan was included on this record. The transfer units a proper benchmark if the civic physique later chooses to get rid of any plot. The valuation can be positioned earlier than the broader VMC for approval.
Vadodara Municipal Company land valuation and public sale course of
Municipal secretary Chintan Desai mentioned the VMC first fixes a valuation earlier than any public sale sale. Desai mentioned an public sale determination can come later for every property. “Whether or not or not these plots are literally put up for public sale is a matter to be determined at a later stage,” Desai mentioned. The present step solely units the bottom worth.
Desai mentioned such valuations stay legitimate for 3 years. After that, the speed should be assessed once more earlier than a sale. Desai mentioned the work follows the Land Disposal Act. A committee handles the train utilizing set norms. Officers from the VMC, VUDA, the state authorities, and the collector’s workplace are included.
Desai mentioned the speed can be handled as closing solely after common physique approval. The final physique assembly is probably going within the first week of July, Desai added. Till then, the determine stays a part of the standing committee’s determination. The civic physique has not introduced any public sale schedule for these plots.
Vadodara Municipal Company land case involving Yusuf Pathan
The dispute traces again to 2012, when Pathan occupied the land primarily based on a VMC proposal. The proposal went to the state authorities for approval. The state authorities rejected it, in keeping with the official. Pathan continued to maintain possession of the land after 2012 regardless of that rejection.
In 2024, after Pathan was elected as a TMC MP, the VMC issued a discover to vacate. Pathan challenged the discover within the Gujarat Excessive Court docket. A single choose upheld the Gujarat authorities’s determination rejecting the allotment request. Pathan later moved a division bench in opposition to the order.
The division bench just lately criticised Pathan for retaining the land since 2012. The bench additionally made an oral comment that Pathan might need to pay price. Regardless of the 2024 rejection of the declare, Pathan continued to occupy the plot. The courtroom earlier requested how the land was held with out formalities.
The VMC’s valuation decision now units a proper charge for the disputed 978-square metre plot in Tandalja. The choice additionally covers six different VMC plots and follows the civic physique’s course of earlier than any public sale. The valuation is predicted to be positioned earlier than the VMC common physique in early July for approval.
With inputs from PTI
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