Buildings serve several needs of society. Along with access to food and drinking water, the need for places that are protected from the outdoors and where one can comfortably live, work, eat, sleep, procreate or engage in leisurely activities has always been a top priority for humans. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat into the inside (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful).
The Indian Buildings Congress was founded on 1st September 1992 and registered as a society on the 29th March 1993, with its headquarters at New Delhi. The vision of the organization is a built environment conducive to good living, affordable, aesthetic, cost competitive, and technology driven and capable of meeting the needs of the Indian citizens. In order to meet its objectives, the organization is striving continuously to bring all professionals connected with built environment, like administrators, financiers, planners, developers, architects, engineers of all disciplines, horticulturists, builders, researchers, teachers and manufacturers of building materials on a single platform so as to form collective opinion on subjects related to built environment and project the same for consideration of the Government. It has sustained a spectacular growth of about 2300 individual members and 67 institutional members from all over the country including Central and State Govt. Department Development Authorities, Housing Boards, Private Organizations, Research & Training Institutes.
Before purchasing land or building check the title documents first. If the seller is the first owner check his purchase agreement and final receipt with the
Builders for Sale . If he has also purchased from someone else, check the previous deed, also check all registration documents. If the flat is in a cooperative society check the original Share Certificate. Finally put an advertisement in the public notices section of the local paper inviting objections if any within 14 days. If you check out Midday you will see many such public notices. You probably mean whether the building is legal or illegal. Send a Right to Info application to the concerned municipality ward office and obtain this information.
