Port Blair, Dec. 31: While finalizing the Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area, A & N, Administration decided to have a separate zone for Defence land use, as more than 20% of the land area is under the possession of Defence in Port Blair Town.  Inadvertently, few parcels of land owned by the private individuals located outside the boundary of the Defence area were zoned as Defence land use due to Cadastral mapping errors. Development on these plots owned by the private individuals were not allowed and this leads to difficulty in taking up any development activities on their own private property. In order to resolve this issue, a modification proposal was finalized by the Administration by amending the Clause No. 5.2.3-H of Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area and notified in A & N Gazette vide No. 6 dated 21/01/2020.

As per the Gazette Notification, a committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner (SA) with the representatives of Andaman Nicobar Command and Town & Country Planner, APWD as its members to examine the parcels of land demarcated to be excluded from the Defence land use zone as per the Master Plan for PBPA.

A meeting of the Committee was convened under the Chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman District on 22/12/2020 to discuss the above matter and it was decided that the private/Govt. land falling outside the occupation of the Military and Defence Services which are inadvertently zoned as Defence Landuse as per the Master Plan for PBPA shall be re-zoned as Public & Semi-Public landuse as per the above Gazette Notification.

It is hereby informed that the private/Govt. properties located outside the Defence Area boundary, which were earlier denied Planning Permission/Approval of Building Plan may resubmit their Plans in accordance with the Master Plan for PBPA for clearance.