DW BUREAU / Chandigarh A delegation of the Makaan Bachao Samiti led by its President Kamal Kishore Sharma met Satya Pal Jain, Ex. MP and a Member of the National Executive Committee of the BJP on Sunday and submitted him a memorandum addressed to Amit Shah, Home Minister of India and V.P Singh Badnore, the Administrator of UT Chandigarh, urging them to allow the need-based changes, done by the allottees of the Chandigarh Housing Board on, Delhi Pattern. Jain forwarded the memorandum to both Amit Shah and V.P Singh Badnore. Members of the Makaan Bachao Samiti, Avinash Dhawan, Raman Sharma and Hoshiar Singh were also part of the delegation. In his letter to Amit Shah and V.P Singh Badnore, Jain stated that in response to his earlier memorandum sent to the Union Home Minister on the same issue, the Union Home Ministry vide its letter dated December 24, 2020, address to the Advisor to the Administrator, had send those representations for consideration and necessary action in the matter. Jain said in the letter that in spite of that, no concrete decision has been taken by the Chandigarh Administration, in spite of the request by the Union Home Ministry, till date. He urged both Amit Shah and V.P Singh Badnore to intervene in the matter and get the regularisation of need basis changes done on the basis of Delhi Pattern in Chandigarh also, at the earliest. Briefly stated the Main features of Delhi Pattern are to increase the FAR upto 100 percent, regularizing all construction carved out in violation, no title or legal right for excess construction, no future deviation to be allowed beyond the permissible limits and the Amnesty scheme remained in force for a certain period with one time usage charges for additional construction and the allottees were required to produce ownership certificate, three copies of existing building plan and structure safety certificate from a Registered Architect. (editor@dailyworld.in)