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The deadline for filing applications for Sakrama scheme has been extended from December 14, 2007 to March 31, 2008 by the State executive committee.

This is a relief to the people, despite the fact that its a temporary one. In a State executive committee meeting headed by Governor Rameshwar Thakur it was decided to apply Section 82(a) of Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, to extend the deadline. This decision to extend the last date was announced by Governor’s Adviser S. Krishna Kumar in the presence of Governor Rameshwar Thakur.

The decision was made after a suspension order was given by the High Court to process any applications by urban local bodies. With this, the December 14 deadline to submit applications for regularizations of unauthorized developments will automatically go. The judgment also means that the urban local bodies cannot process the applications received under the scheme. However, it is left to citizens to file the applications or not as the scheme has not been scrapped. The next hearing on PILs posted to February 6.

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