Telangana Town Planning Layout approval authorities. Every municipality, within a defined time limit, has to prepare a Master Plan. The plan has to comprise a detailed planning scheme, land pooling scheme, and local area plan. The local area plan has to cover various components like water supply, drainage and sewerage, sanitation, urban green space, and traffic & transport. The master plan would be...
May 2021
STATUTORY FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MUNICIPALITIES IN TELANGANA The functions covered in this chapter are service-related like water supply, sanitation, public streets, street lighting, markets, etc. They also cover certain regulatory functions like trade licenses, control of nuisance, environmental management, and disaster management, etc. The existing sources of potable drinking water supply...
MUNICIPAL REVENUE SYSTEM IN TELANGANA The sources of revenue from various sectors to municipalities. Taxes or cesses or fees levied by the municipality Ø Levy of user charges for civic services Ø Reimbursement of any cost or expenditure made by the municipality. Ø The the municipality, under the directions of the Government have the power to levy and collect the fees, cess, and...
Ward division and reservation of seats to various categories in Telangana municipalities. Reservation of seats in Telangana municipality wards Government fixes the number of reserved wards as per various categories Each municipality will be divided into a number of wards. The Government fixes the number of wards reserved for various categories in each municipality and also determines the wards...
HOW MUNICIPALITIES FUNCTION AND ELECTED AS PER TELANGANA MUNICIPALITIES ACT ‘Municipalities’ mean institutions of self-governance, ‘Municipality’ shall be construed as Municipal Council and Municipal Corporation wherever the context so requires and unless provided otherwise under this Act. Municipalities and Municipal Corporations are constituted on the basis of ‘smaller urban areas’ and...
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF MUNICIPALITIES ACTs Historical background In the erstwhile State of Hyderabad, municipalities were governed under Hyderabad District Municipalities Act, 1956. Later, Andhra Pradesh was formed (1 November 1956) by merging the then Andhra State and the Telugu-speaking districts (Telangana) of the then Hyderabad State. While the municipalities in Andhra area was governed under...
TS bPASS Telangana State Building Permission approval and Self-certification system TS-bPASS Registration for plot size up to 75 sq yards and construction of G+1 for residential that are exempted from building permissions Approval. The government of Telangana has enacted a new Municipalities Act “Telangana Municipalities Act 2019” to improve compliance with laws by citizens, increase...
STEP BY STEP HIERARCHICAL APPROVAL AUTHORITIES FOR BUILDING PERMISSION IN TELANGANA Tree of building permission authority Citizens have the provision to apply for building permits online. He / She fills the application form and submits all documents along with an initial payment online. The concerned officer receives the application forms and documents once the applicant pays the initial...
House permission If land measuring 76 sq-yards, no need to take permission. No permission is required for constructing a G+1 house in land admeasuring 76 square yards i.e. 63 sq meters. The building owners have to pay Re1 and upload the details online and start constructing the house. More importantly, a No Objection Certificate (NOC) is not required anymore after the construction is...
WILL DEMAND FOR REAL ESTATE DECREASED DUE TO THE COVID CRISIS! The city’s real estate market has got a boost as the demand for fresh housing units is rising. The RBI has reduced the repo rate to 4%, making borrowing cheaper for home buyers. Consequently, home loan interest rates are already as low as 6.95%. This would act as a booster for buyers to invest in property at a cost...