Jaipur: A section of Residents’ Welfare Associations (RWAs) here wants the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) to calculate the one-time water connection charged on the basis of registered deeds of flat owners, instead of building plans that got sanctioned by builders.
Members of the RWAs have claimed that in many apartments, builders had changed the layout of the tenements as mentioned in the sanction plan. It has reduced the carpet area of the flats in some cases to a great extent. So, the overall carpet area of the apartments also got reduced.
“In our complex, the layout of a few four-bed rooms – as mentioned in the plan – had been changed. Two four-bed rooms had been changed into three-bed rooms and additional rooms from each tenement had been converted into a two-bed room flat with kitchens, toilets and washrooms. Now, the carpet area of these three flats (two three-bed and one two-bed) together – carved out of two four-bed flats – are far less than the total carpet area of the two four-bed flats,” said SV Sharma, member of a RWA of an apartment in Mansarovar.
In case of another complex in Jagatpura, the builder converted two duplex flats into three flats. These duplex flats are located on the 10th and 11th floor, where the carpet area on the 10th floor is 3,600 sq.ft, while it is 1,200 sq.ft on the 11th floor.
Since the builder was getting a buyer, he converted the 10th floor space into one flat. On the 11th floor, the 1,200 sqft portion of two adjacent flats had been converted into a single flat. The carpet area of this flat is around of 2,100 sqft.
“It means, two flats had been converted into three flats. However, the actual carpet area of the two duplex flats together – as mentioned in the plan – was greater than the carpet areas of three flats together as sold by the builders. Since the owners have valid registration deeds, PHED officials should calculate the connection charges based on the area mentioned in the deed,” Sushil Joshi, member of the RWA.
PHED officials said they had to take the building plan as reference to calculate the one-time charge because that is mentioned in the gazette notification.
“We don’t think it would make any huge difference in the overall carpet area of the building or society. However, RWAs can calculate the owners’ contribution on the basis of the deed,” a PHED official signed off.
Members of the RWAs have claimed that in many apartments, builders had changed the layout of the tenements as mentioned in the sanction plan. It has reduced the carpet area of the flats in some cases to a great extent. So, the overall carpet area of the apartments also got reduced.
“In our complex, the layout of a few four-bed rooms – as mentioned in the plan – had been changed. Two four-bed rooms had been changed into three-bed rooms and additional rooms from each tenement had been converted into a two-bed room flat with kitchens, toilets and washrooms. Now, the carpet area of these three flats (two three-bed and one two-bed) together – carved out of two four-bed flats – are far less than the total carpet area of the two four-bed flats,” said SV Sharma, member of a RWA of an apartment in Mansarovar.
In case of another complex in Jagatpura, the builder converted two duplex flats into three flats. These duplex flats are located on the 10th and 11th floor, where the carpet area on the 10th floor is 3,600 sq.ft, while it is 1,200 sq.ft on the 11th floor.
Since the builder was getting a buyer, he converted the 10th floor space into one flat. On the 11th floor, the 1,200 sqft portion of two adjacent flats had been converted into a single flat. The carpet area of this flat is around of 2,100 sqft.
“It means, two flats had been converted into three flats. However, the actual carpet area of the two duplex flats together – as mentioned in the plan – was greater than the carpet areas of three flats together as sold by the builders. Since the owners have valid registration deeds, PHED officials should calculate the connection charges based on the area mentioned in the deed,” Sushil Joshi, member of the RWA.
PHED officials said they had to take the building plan as reference to calculate the one-time charge because that is mentioned in the gazette notification.
“We don’t think it would make any huge difference in the overall carpet area of the building or society. However, RWAs can calculate the owners’ contribution on the basis of the deed,” a PHED official signed off.
