(1) The Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation and Executive Officer of the Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayat/Improvement Trust, as the case may be, shall immediately appoint an officer thereof, as an officer authorized to carry out the work to identify and enter all the Municipal Section 3 (a) PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), OCTOBER 26, 2021 (KRTK 4, 1943 SAKA) 2639 Properties into Property Register in "Form A".
(2) The authorized officer shall be responsible for timely updation and maintenance of the record of the Properties of the Municipality and the Property register should be digitized and mapped on Geographical Information System (GIS).
(3) The authorized officer may himself or through staff deployed for the purpose shall physically verify the properties of the Municipality.
(4) The authorized officer shall give twenty-four hours prior notice as given in Form-B to the occupant before entering the property of any person who is in physical possession.
(5) The municipalities shall complete the process of identification and registration of municipal properties and shall notify the information for the general public within a period of six months from the date of publication of these rules but with the approval of the Government not later than one year. Municipality shall keep on updating the same on sale/purchase or change in nature of the property as the case may be.
(6) Any officer authorized by the Government may check the maintenance and upkeep of the property registers of any of the Urban Local Bodies as and when ordered to do so by the Government and shall submit a report to that effect to the Government.