new delhi south delhi municipal corporation clarified on monday that no exemption from conversion charge payment will be given to even those shopkeepers who are running establishments from commercial plots in local shopping centerssdmc commissioner puneet kumar goel said even commercial units was not purely commercial these were commercial plots with a standard plan where the ground floor was commercial and upper floors were residential if someone is running a unit with 100 floor area ratio they need not pay conversion charges but everyone else needs to pay them corporation will not be refunding any deposited money he saidthe commissioner said that a confusion regarding these plots had risen in 53 markets clarification has come from the union urban development ministry and if required an amendment will also be done the commissioner added the south civic bodys explanation came following allegations by the opposition parties who claimed that the civic body was secretly pursuing dda and the urban development ministry regarding amendment to the master plan so that no refunds could be made to traders why are delegations of exmayor subhash arya meeting the dda on behalf of sdmc why is the standing committee or the house not being consulted on such a major issue the gazette of india cannot be changed merely by citing commissioners letter opposition councillor abhishek dutt saidhe added that section 5c of mpd amendments issued in june 2018 clearly states that local shopping centers which are already under commercial use zone are not liable to pay any conversion charges