Uttar Pradesh Housing & Development Board, Lucknow, India

Procedure of Map Approval

As specified under section 83 of the Parishad Act the 'The Housing Commissioner' has been authorized to sanction maps. Housing Commissioner has delegated this right to Superintending Engineer and Architect Planner of the concerned scheme. These officers are normally sanctioning the maps within time span of 6 weeks. Under this process an allottee has to prepare a map of his house/plot by an Architect or by a Draftsman and submit the required documents such as Map Sanctioning Charges, Water & Water Malba Charges receipt.

In the interest of the common public the process of map approval has been made easier in accordance to the provisions under Housing Policy 1997 of State Government. According to the provisions made in the above Policy

the single allotted plots under 300 square meter shall be sanctioned with Standard Maps at the time of allotment/ registry so that the allottee may construct his house without any further sanction.
if an allottee wishes to change construction against the provision under the Standard Map the allottee has to submit a certificate by a recognized Architect that the changes from the Standard Maps are according to the Bye Laws of the Master Plan Scheme.
Maps of plots having area larger than 300 square meter shall be deemed to be accepted and sanctioned if the Maps are not sanctioned by the competent authority within a time span of 30 days.
this is also provided that the maps of the single houses sanctioned for 3 years shall be now be effective for 5 years and these sanctioned maps may by renewed for further one year up to maximum 3 times.

As per the scheme of the government the Board has published a booklet for standard maps of houses from 23 square meter to 288 square meter. Allottee may select any standard map published in the model booklet according to the dimensions of his plot and can start construction with the provision of the map. He is allowed for internal change according to his convenience. Apart from house building bye laws many other relevant information with respect to construction of the house have also been added in this booklet. This booklet may be obtained from the office of any Superintending Engineer's office or from Office of Architect & Planning Indira Nagar Lucknow after depositing Rs. 100/-.

The Parishad has prepared standard maps for the extension on the upper floors for the houses constructed by Parishad itself which can be obtained after depositing the fee fixed for these maps. Like plots the extension can be carried out in houses constructed by Parishad as per the provision of guide lines of the government i.e. if an allottee wishes to start construction with out taking formal permission from of the Parishad, he may avail the facility according to the standard map after depositing Malba/Construction water charges only.

For the construction other than the standard plots maps and for the maps different from standard maps the construction may be carried out after depositing a certificate from any competent architect that the maps is in accordance with the provisions of bye laws and master plan of the scheme. These maps with map sanctioning fee, water charges and Malba fee shall be presented to the competent officer of the Parishad who after examining will tell the allottee that weather the deposited maps is sanction able or not. If a change is required then the competent Architect shall be asked and the map shall be automatically treated as sanctioned after obtaining the receipt of revised map deposition. A copy of the effective registration of competent architect from Council of Architecture shall also has be deposited to the Officer of the Parishad fixed for this purpose. Thus these presented maps shall be properly examined in the office of fixed officer and if errors found in the maps are not sanctionable or the Officer is misguided, the map shall be rejected and action for not sanctioning of the maps in future of such Architect shall be taken.