{"id":18092,"date":"2023-07-20T11:30:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T06:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/?p=18092"},"modified":"2023-07-20T11:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T06:30:40","slug":"ldas-town-planning-wing-faces-scrutiny-over-soft-policy-for-defaulters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/ldas-town-planning-wing-faces-scrutiny-over-soft-policy-for-defaulters\/","title":{"rendered":"LDA&#8217;s Town Planning Wing Faces Scrutiny Over Soft Policy for Defaulters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning (TP) Wing has come under scrutiny for adopting a soft policy towards defaulters of government fees.<\/p>\n<p>The sources claim that despite there being hundreds of defaulters owing billions of rupees in commercialization and other fees, the LDA only sends soft notices to them, possibly to avoid future legal action by Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) or other government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Normally, when under pressure, Town Planning officials seal the defaulting premises, but they are often de-sealed after the owners provide an undertaking to pay the pending fees.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, TP officials send requests for legal actions such as FIR registration, disconnection of utilities, and sale\/purchase bans for defaulting properties, but these requests are not followed through.<\/p>\n<p>A prominent example is the UFC Gym located at Defence Road, where ACE took up the case of pending dues and sent a notice to LDA&#8217;s Director TP (Zone-V).<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:1em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/proproperty\/7-lda-officials-booked-for-wrongly-allocating-plots-worth-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"dofollow\" class=\"u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d\"><style> .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important; padding-bottom:1em!important; width:100%; display: block; font-weight:bold; background-color:#2C3E50; border:0!important; border-left:4px solid #F1C40F!important; text-decoration:none; } .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d:active, .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d:hover { opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; text-decoration:none; } .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d { transition: background-color 250ms; webkit-transition: background-color 250ms; opacity: 1; transition: opacity 250ms; webkit-transition: opacity 250ms; } .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d .ctaText { font-weight:bold; color:#F1C40F; text-decoration:none; font-size: 16px; } .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d .postTitle { color:#eaeaea; text-decoration: underline!important; font-size: 16px; } .u3c7e058eaf6b2df03c320c29902fce9d:hover .postTitle { text-decoration: underline!important; } <\/style><div style=\"padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em;\"><span class=\"ctaText\">ALSO READ<\/span>&nbsp; <span class=\"postTitle\">7 LDA Officials Booked for Wrongly Allocating Plots Worth Millions<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div>\n<p>On the day of the Director&#8217;s appearance at ACE, the gym was sealed.<\/p>\n<p>However, just three days before the appearance at ACE, notices were sent to ADCR requesting a ban on the sale\/purchase\/transfer of land due to non-payment of dues amounting to Rs. 153,273,600.<\/p>\n<p>Despite repeated reminders and notices, the owner did not deposit the land use conversion fee.<\/p>\n<p>The sources within LDA mentioned that the Chief Town Planner informed the LDA DG that UFC Gym was one of the major defaulters with around Rs. 900 million pending towards it.<\/p>\n<p>However, the recent challan made by the LDA for the gym was only around Rs150 million.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned, LDA&#8217;s Chief Town Planner, Shakeel Anjum Minhas, denied any such policy and claimed that LDA has recovered around Rs. 6 billion in various fees during the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: The News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Town Planning (TP) Wing has come under scrutiny for adopting a soft policy towards defaulters of government fees. The sources claim that despite there being hundreds of defaulters owing billions of rupees in commercialization and other fees, the LDA only sends soft notices to them, possibly to avoid future legal action by Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) or other government agencies. 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