(a) The appeals qualifying under these guidelines, pending before the Government shall be remitted to the competent authority and the competent authority shall deal with these cases in accordance with these rules.
(b) Any person whose application was rejected or refused under the Act and Rules, but qualify under these rules may make an application afresh to the competent authority, within 30 days.
(c) The applicant whose regularisation application is under process or refused under section 113-A of the Act, may apply for exemption under section 113-c of the Act to the competent authority by withdrawing the application and by preferring a fresh application, subject to compliance of these rules.
(d) The scheme of regularisation of unauthorised buildings in the areas falling under the Municipal corporations of coimbatore, Madurai, Salem, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli under section 113-B announced by the Government in the year 2002 was stayed and subsequently quashed in the year 2008 by the Hon'ble High court of Madras in W.P. No. 17879 of 2003. Many applications received earlier under the said scheme are still pending for disposal in respective city Municipal corporations. Those applications which are eligible for exemption under section 113-c of the Act shall be remitted back to the competent Authority for processing the same in accordance with these rules.