Punjab Government has extended the time period of a policy by five years under which riot victims and terror attack victims in the State get five per cent reservation in allotment of plots or houses without any financial concession.
Announcing this, the state Revenue Minister Brahm Shanker Jimpa on Sunday said that the Punjab Government has decided to extend the facility of five per cent reservation in allotment of plots or houses by the Urban Estates or Improvement Trust or Pepsu Township Development Board, without any financial concession for five more years.
The facility of reservation was abolished on December 31, 2021, but with the decision taken now, this facility has been extended till December 31, 2026, he said.
The Minister said that a letter regarding this pro-people decision of the Punjab Government has been issued to all the Deputy Commissioners, Department of Housing and Urban Development and Local Government Department.
