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31. We are inclined to appoint a Monitoring Committee with sufficient staff and infrastructure to oversee the demolition of unauthorized construction put up in violation of the planning permit, master plan, CRZ and other laws. It is also necessary to identity professional builders of such buildings so as to enable the flat purchasers to proceed against the builders for recovery of damages. It is also high time that the CMDA and the Corporation should identity the officers responsible for the failure to enforce the FSI laws and to initiate disciplinary action against them. It is also necessary to direct that the regularization fee collected should be kept aside in a separate fund and not merged with the general account of the State of Tamil Nadu and its agencies. These funds should be used for the purpose of alleviating the sufferings caused to the public by the violations committed by the builders. Further certain violations like failure to provide adequate car parking area, fire safety measures within the building premises , should be viewed seriously as it has a larger societal impact and these violations cannot be ordinarily condoned by collecting the fees, especially in regard to the commercial buildings. Owners of such premises must be directed to demolish the unauthorized construction and provide parking area and fire safety measures within the premises. Similarly, violations in FSI potentially impact the larger community and must not be condoned particularly in commercial complexes. Violation in FSI result in a massive strain on the existing infrastructure facilities like road network, drainage, water, etc. and also impact the neighbourhood. Similarly, the violations in Open Space Reservation (OSR) or illegal buildings put up on lake-beds, water catchments, flood plains, CRZ areas, etc. have ecological repercussions and must not be condoned and violations in such cases must be demolished.