Guidelines for Independent floor registration in Haryana

The urban local bodies department of the state of Haryana has come up with new guidelines for registration of independent floors within the area of municipal corporations or councils or committees of the state.

As per the guidelines, the registration of an independent floor would be allowed in case of the residential buildings situated in approved residential town planning schemes, improvement trust schemes or any other scheme approved or adopted by the state government or regularised colonies and the existing buildings located inside the original limits of municipal corporation or council or committee. The type of registration of independent floors would be allowed only if the buildings have an  access from at least 20 feet wide street or road.

Every building subject to the provisions of Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, Haryana Improvement Trust Act, 2008 and regulations, rules, bye-laws framed under these Acts could have a separate and independent unit on each floor. Each such dwelling unit would be designated as an independent floor.

Each independent floor would be recognised as a distinct, identifiable property with a separate identification number, to which the owner would have title along with proportionate rights in the declared common areas and common facilities, rights of access, easements and other ownership rights as well as the right to use, transfer or dispose off the property in accordance with the applicable law and rules.

Owner of each independent floor would be entitled to separate utility connections such as water supply and electricity subject to building regulations or rules of power utilities.

The basement, if any, allowed in a residential building would not constitute a separate sub-division or floor and would form a part of the independent floor at ground level.

However, in case, owners of different ‘independent floors’ in a building intended and agreed to use basement as a common area for facilities such as parking or other plant and equipment required for different floors in the building might have undivided proportionate rights in the basement. It is also mentioned in the regulations that the parking of the vehicles of all these owners shall strictly be within the premises and not the road or any public property. Also,any two independent floors could be jointly allowed to be transferred provided the ownership of both the floors was being transferred to one person.