Avail all services online for CLU permissions in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: In a New Year’s day gift for those intending to get change of land use (CLU) permissions for individual or institutional purpose, the Haryana Town and Country Planning department on Friday launched a total online service for CLUs.

With this, the applicants will get the CLU permission within 30 days and would be required to visit the headquarters of the town and country department for signing of a bilateral agreement after a letter of intent is issued.

This comes three years after CM Manohr Lal Khattar had delegated his power related to CLU and Licenses to the department head.

Till now, the applicants had been applying for CLU online while they were supposed to submit documents for physical verification and other purposes. As a result, this led to political interference.

From Friday onwards, the application as well as documents will be submitted online in the format in the software. The file will get submitted once all the required documents are found to be submitted for further verification.

“Idea of launching the service is to bring total transparency with zero human interference. Now, each and everything is digitized, including the issuance of LOI. The department has a target of issuing CLU within a 30-day period,’’ said K M Panduranga, the director general of town and country planning department.

According to information as many as 40 CLU applications are received every month, and include seeking permission to get the land use converted for petrol pumps, hotels, schools or other commercial purposes. Currently 70 applications are pending in the department.