Multan: The Multan Development Authority (MDA) on Thursday (March 10) has announced an amnesty scheme to enable the educational institutions operating in residential buildings to apply for regularisation, news sources reported. The educational institution will be classified as commercial under the Punjab Development Authority Land Use Classification, Reclassification, and Redevelopment Rules of 2021.
According to MDA Director-General (DG) Kaiser Saleem, the action will benefit the owners of the unlawfully constructed educational institutions by avoiding closure and fines. Within the new relief package, all buildings under MDA jurisdiction can have their unlawful and non-commercial educational buildings regularised for a fee. The administration has established an e-Service Centre on Mati Til Road for this purpose. Applicants can submit their applications together with the necessary documentation, a list of which is available at MDA headquarters.
Failure to comply with the regulations would result in building closure and legal action under Sections (i) 37 and section (i) 39 of the Punjab Development Cities Act, 1976. In a similar development, the issue of regularisation of educational institutions has been taken up by Supreme Court in response to theRawalpindi educational institutes’ application.
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