According to sources in the Registration Department, more than 10 lakh sale deeds of properties are registered every year in Tamil Nadu. The DTCP has already compiled a list of authorised and unauthorised layouts in the State. In Tiruchi Corporation, officials estimate that there are about 16,000 plots in unapproved layouts in the city. A few years ago, the civic body requested the government to issue an order for regularising these unapproved layouts nut a decision is awaited. Sources in the Housing and Urban Development Department said, more than three lakh layouts have been developed in the State.

Source: The Hindu September 11, 2016 03:45 UTC