Greater Mohali Area Development Authority

Consolidated Reservation Policy for allotment of houses and plots in PUDA.

1.	Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes	15%
2.	Physically Handicapped/Blinds	3% and 3% for Rehri Market developed by PUDA as per decision taken by the Finance Committee vide Agenda Item No. 33.06 which is issued vide letter No. PUDA/Policy/A3/02/9391-405 dated 27.12.2002
3.	Freedom Fighters	2%
4.	Serving and retired Defence Personnel and Paramilitary Forces including war widows of these categories 100% Disabled soldiers of Punjab Domicile	4% 1% Decision taken by the F & A Committee vide agenda item No. 51.27 which is issued vide letter No. PUDA-Policy/2136-49 dated 11.8.06.
5.	Gallantry award winners from the Defence services and paramilitary forces who have distinguished themselves by acts of bravery and valour in the defence of our Country, both in war and peace time and Punjab Police Personnel awarded with President Police Medals for Gallantry and Police Medals for Gallantry.	2%
6.	Legal heirs of Army/Paramilitary forces/Punjab Police, the Personnel killed in action (war or on law & order duty)	2%
7.	Sports persons who are medal winners of Olympic, Common wealth or Asian Games. Mountaineers who have scaled Mount Everest and possess the requisite certificate from the Competent Authority.	2%
8.	Riot Affected and Terrorist Affected Families Note: This reservation shall be applicable to this category till 31.12.2011.	5% Decision taken by the F & A Committee vide agenda item No. 51.27 which is issued vide letter No. PUDA-Policy/2136-49 dated 11.8.06.

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The eligibility criteria for the reserved categories will be as under:-

Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes:

Certificate issued by the competent Authority of Punjab Government.

Physically Handicapped and blinds persons:

He/She should have 40% or above disabled OR 100% blind to be certified by the competent Authority.

Freedom Fighters:

The applicant should be recipient of Freedom Fighter reward/pension or recipient of Tamrapatra.
He should belong to Punjab State;
Family members should not have been allotted any house or plot earlier by the department of Urban Estates, Punjab Housing Development Board, PUDA or any Improvement Trust.

Defence/Paramilitary Forces/Punjab Police/Gallantry Award Winners:

He should belong to the State of Punjab provided he has not already received any such discretionary quota plot/houses from any other scheme in any other part of the Country and also does not possess any plot/house in the city/town/urban estate for which the plot/house is being applied for.

The policy of gallantry awards in peace time and to paramilitary personnel should continue to be included in the list of eligibility.

Extension of reservation to the dependent parents/widows may be done only in those cases where the award is posthumous.

EXPLANATION

In case of posthumous award, the next of kin shall be eligible to avail of this quota. The next of kin shall be construed as widow. If there is one and in case the awardee was unmarried, the mother or father in that order.

The following order of precedence may be adopted:-

Param Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
Vir Chakra
Ashoka Chakra
Kirti Chakra
Shaurya Chakra
President Police Medals for Gallantry
Police Medals for Gallantry
Sena Medal/Nau Sena Medal/Vayu Sena Medal

The higher category awardee shall get precedence over the lower category awardee.

The award either posthumous or otherwise shall rank at par in the same category.

Application shall be invited through press advertisement. In case there is a tie between the awardees of the same category, the decision would be taken by the draw of lots.

All plots declared surplus in any of the reserved categories or where sufficient applications are not received against the reserved categories, the plots/houses shall stand transferred to the general category at the time of allotment.

Where the applications received for houses/plots are less than the plots/houses available for allotment under each category, allotment shall be made on the basis of the first come first served basis and will be exempted from the purview of reservation prescribed under the policy.

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Sports Persons:

Medal Winners of Olympic, Common Wealth or Asian games.

In case of Mountaineers, a certificate awarded by the Indian Mountaineer Foundation duly countersigned by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sport, Govt. of India (Endst. No. PUDA-P&C/2004/2679-2692 dated 8.9.2004).
Other eligibility conditions will remain unchanged.

These instructions will be applicable w.e.f. 21.2.98 (Endst. No. PUDA-P&C/98/1308-17 dated 18.3.98).

Riot Affected and Terrorist Affected Families

Riot affected means, a person who migrated to the State of Punjab from any other part of the Country who has been issued a red card by any Deputy Commissioner of a District of the State of Punjab and who has not been allotted a house under the riot affected persons category at Delhi or any other place in the Country and Terrorist affected means a person belong to State of Punjab holding valid certificate issued by the any Deputy Commissioner of the State of Punjab and has not availed the benefit for allotment of house/plot under this category.

Decision taken in this regard by the Finance & Accounts Committee and instructions were issued vide letter No. PUDA-Policy/2136-49 dated 11.8.06.

Note 1

The beneficiary will not be entitled for allotment of plot/house in any other scheme/station once he has already availed the benefit for allotment under the reserved category. Decision taken in this regard by the Finance & Accounts Committee and instructions were issued vide letter No. PUDA-Policy-UE-2-05/2560-72 dated 15.7.05.

Note 2

Certain amendments which has been included in the consolidated reservation policy are based on the decision of the Finance and Accounts Committee vide agenda item No. 22.33 dated 2.2.2000.

Note 3

It is certified that the above information prepared by the office is correct as per the decisions taken from time to time by the Finance and Accounts Committee and instructions were issued vide letter No. 1303-7 dated 18.3.98, No. 2629-33 dated 5.4.2000, No. 6779-90 dated 5.9.2000, No. 9391-405 dated 27.12.2002 and letter No. 5152-64 dated 23.7.03, No. 1384-95 dated 17.5.04 & letter No. 1940-51 dated 9.7.04.

Note 4

SC/ST category reservation enhanced from 8% to 15% as per decision of the Finance & Accounts Committee taken in its meeting held on 16.11.06 vide item No. 52.12 and decision circulated vide Memo No. 2746-55 dated 22.12.06.