Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority to draw lots for Haritha allottees seeking change

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority (Vuda) will be conducting a draw of lots on February 23 for allottees who submitted requests seeking change of category of units in the Haritha housing project.The draw of lots will be conducted from 10 am onwards at the 'A' Block of Vuda Udyog Bhavan and the applicants have been informed to attend the process either directly or through authorized representatives along with the allotment orders and copies of the requests submitted.Vuda vice-chairman N Yuvaraj said in a press release that the requests for change of category will be considered for those applicants who have already cleared their dues up to the fifth installment. The changes will be restricted only to the 49 units that have fallen vacant as a result of withdrawal of allotment by the allottees, he added.Yuvaraj further said out of the total 661 allottees in the project, 114 are yet to clear their fourth and fifth installments and have been told to pay up immediately to avoid penalties. The allottees have been given time till April 30, 2014 to pay up their sixth and last installment."The details of the pending installments have been placed on the Vuda website -- www.vuda.gov.in -- for the benefit of the allottees. Steps will be taken to issue a separate notification for allotment of the remaining available units in the Haritha project after completing the process of change of categories," Yuvaraj said.On Thursday, Yuvaraj directed the in-charge secretary and chief accounts officer D Vijaya Bharathi and chief engineer I Viswanatha Rao to make arrangements for completing the process.