Rawalpindi : Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) on the directives of Director General (DG) RDA, Kinza Murtaza has given concession to the educational institutions till end of the academic year 2024.
According to a RDA spokesman, the Land Use and Building Control Wing of RDA on the requests of the owners of the schools had suspended the legal action against illegal educational institutions till the end of the academic year 2024.
He informed that the authority on the directives of the DG had decided to give concession to the owners of the schools so that the educational activities of the children are not interrupted due to the legal action of RDA and the children could complete their academic year 2024 without any hindrance.
The spokesman said that in the light of this decision, all school owners who had established schools in residential buildings without approval were directed by the DG RDA to immediately get regularised the schools as per law or stop the illegal use of the buildings in residential areas.
The school owners had also been instructed to submit an affidavit within 15 days to the RDA that they are ready to get regularised their illegal schools or stop the illegal use of the buildings, he said adding, the owners of the buildings will have to pay Rs1,000 fine per day until the schools are regularised or the buildings being used for the commercial purposes are vacated.
He said, “Since the illegal school owners have not filed the affidavit yet, they are given a last chance in this regard to file the affidavit within 7 days, otherwise legal action will be taken against them and the school will be closed while fine will also be imposed.
The term of the academic year 2024 will be till 30 April 2024,” he added. If the affidavit is not submitted within seven days, legal action would be taken against the rules violators and the schools would be closed, he added.