DW BUREAU / Chandigarh Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), under the guidance of Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, has announced the launch of the Last and Final Settlement Scheme for the year 2022. As a part of initiative of Ease of doing business, the scheme was introduced in the year 2018 first, to safeguard the interests of the allottees by easing the process of recovery and settling their long pending disputes. The scheme will start on August 17 and will continue upto September 30, 2022 for the eligible allottees to settle their enhancement and other dues with the HSVP. While giving more information in this regard an official spokesperson of the department said that the scheme encompasses various facets for the convenience and comfort of the allottees through the online procedures on the HSVP website (www.hsvphry.org.in). The criteria and eligibility of the allottees that can avail the scheme are as follows, the scheme shall be applicable to the allottees of residential plots /group housing sites/ Institutional and Industrial Plots. The total number of allottees benefitting from the scheme is 8,507 and the total of sectors in which the scheme shall be applicable are 140. For complete details of the scheme, allottees may visit the HSVP website (www.hsvphry.org.in). He added that if the allottee desires to avail the benefit of this scheme, they will have to give an unconditional undertaking specifying that he will withdraw the litigation pending in any court of law either individually or through any association or society and he will not dispute the calculations of additional price in future. Along with it, the scheme is being offered for 140 Sectors, which consists of 8,507 allottees as active beneficiaries. HSVP has offered a rebate of more than Rs. 800 crores for the beneficiaries of this scheme. He further added that the benefit of the scheme will not be available to those allottees who have already availed the benefit of the "One Time Settlement Scheme" (OTSS) or "Full and Final Settlement Scheme" (FFSS) and Last and Final Settlement Scheme (LFSS) and have settled their dues under the head "Additional price along with interest/delayed interest thereon" when these schemes were introduced. The benefit of the scheme will also not be available to those allottees who have already paid their dues under the head "Additional price along with interest/delayed interest thereon". HSVP is taking this initiative to manage the dues effectively so that the eligible and interested allottees can settle their dues from the comfort of their homes. However, in case of any query, the eligible allottees shall need to send their representation to their respective Estate Offices of HSVP. Such allottees can also file their request/ representations on the Last and Final Settlement Scheme portal. (editor@dailyworld.in)