Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) cleared the allotment of 14 acres land in Sector 76 here for the District Administrative and Court Complex (DACC) in Mohali.
The allotment was cleared by Punjab Chief Minister.The development assumes significance as even almost four years after getting the status of a district, Mohali was continuing without the DACC, which is one of the basic requirements for any district headquarter.
In the absence of DACC, offices of the district civil and police administration were working temporarily from the old PSEB office building in Phase I here while the district judicial courts were working temporarily from a community centre in Phase 3B1. The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum was housed in a rented accommodation in Phase II. Also, there was no residential accommodation available for officials of the district administration.
A formal letter to offer the land would soon be issued to the Punjab Department of Revenue, which was appointed as the nodal agency for procuring land, making payment and completing other formalities related to the allotment of land.
GMADA has fixed Rs 9,000 per square yard as the allotment price. Though the present reserve allotment price in Mohali is Rs 12,000 per square yard but 25 per cent rebate has been offered on the land for DACC because it is a state project.
Since the land is required for public purpose, the condition of advance payment mandatory for land allotment could be relaxed and the allottee department could be allowed to make the payment at a later stage as and when the adequate finance becomes available.
Earlier, the Revenue department had sought allotment of 6 acres for housing the civil and police wings of the district administration while the Department of Home and Justice had moved a separate requisition for allotment of 8 acres for constructing the judicial complex. GMADA, however, rejected the separate requisitions and had sought constitution of a nodal agency to seek joint allotment of the entire chunk of 14 acres for construction of DACC.
The project has remained stalled ever since its foundation stone was laid in April 2006 by former CM Capt Amarinder Singh.
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