CHB waives off lock-in period for housing scheme

The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) discussed five agenda items in its board meeting on Thursday

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) discussed five agenda items in its board meeting on Thursday.

On the income and facility of Tatkal Scheme, the board unanimously decided to issue unconditional transfer letters under the scheme after 15 days, if no objections/complaints are received from the general public against public notice. It was informed that so far, the board had earned Rs 88,30,000 from the scheme by transferring 246 properties. The board gave a huge relaxation while approving and announcing the waiving off of the five-year lock-in period for the general self-financing housing scheme of Sector 63. It was also decided to send this information to the Chandigarh Administration -- along with the board's current policy to remove the lock-in period in all CHB schemes.

The board had also decided not to provide mobile phones to its officers. It would study the policies of other housing boards to decide the monthly ceiling limits for reimbursement of expenditure on mobile phones and landline phones installed in the houses of CHB officers, besides the cost of internet connections. The board also decided to go for short tenders for two toilets in the city sub-centre in Sector 34.

Significantly, the last agenda item placed before the board was regarding an enquiry report about the expenditure in the CEO's residence. The CHB secretary had submitted that the CEO had approved the buying of highly expensive items for his house from CHB funds without seeking approval from the chairman or the board. The report reveals that various amounts were sanctioned on a single day by the CEO, even though the items sought to be purchased or works sought to be done were not of an urgent nature. The CEO had sanctioned all the expenditure in the name of the camp office, which had never been approved by the board. So, the board decided to give seven days time to the CEO (up to February 4) to give his comments on the report. The matter shall be put up again in the next board meeting on February 5.

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