Lahore: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA), through a notice circulated in a local daily on Thursday (September 17), notified the general public of its jurisdiction in matters relating to land-use conversions.
The notice, specifically, cautions the public regarding the authority’s exclusive jurisdiction pertaining to matters of land-use conversions in Sheikhupura, Kasur and Nankana Sahib as per LDA Act 1975 and Notification No SOR (LG) 38-2/2004 issued on January 23, 2014; further communicating the following pointers:
Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs) or other simple public institutes do not have jurisdiction in matters of commercialisation or land-use conversion.
The Government of Punjab, through Gazette Notification Number SO (H-II)3-2/2016, issued on August 6, 2020, has notified LDA Land-use Rules 2020; which have made commercialisation ‘significantly easier’ in a bid to improve ease of doing business.
Following on the above development, the notification requests the public to have their properties legally converted into commercial entities through the said ‘convenient’ process; and thereby avoid any ‘future issues as well as legal action’.
