new delhi the delhi development authoritys new housing scheme with 12000 flats on offer is likely to be rolled out very soon as the dda has completed formalities and sent the proposal to the lt governor for his nod out of the total number of flats most of them in rohini dwarka narela vasant kunj and jasola 10000 unoccupied flats are from the 2014 scheme while the rest are other flats which have been lying vacant we have completed all formalities from our side and the proposal has been sent to the lg for the final nod so we are awaiting his response if the lg asks for some changes we will effect them otherwise the scheme stands the same an official source said delhi lieutenant governor anil baijal also chairman of the dda had instructed senior officials in april to ensure that adequate public transport connectivity and other necessary basic infrastructure were available before the rollout of the new scheme early last month the housing authority had said the scheme would be launched soon after the completion of the mcd polls the municipal polls were held on april 23 however the new local government in all three corporations is yet to take charge the urban body has tied up with 10 banks for sale of application forms and schemerelated transactions eight banks we had roped in earlier and recently two more were added ie icici bank and canara bank the other eight banks are axis bank yes bank idbi bank of baroda central bank sbi kotak mahindra and hdfc a senior official said the scheme was earlier planned to be launched in february but ancillary infrastructure work like building of connecting roads and installation of street lights had stretched the timeline the official said this time the dda only wants genuine buyers to apply and check market speculation so we have done away with the provision of surrendering of flats and this means if the buyer later seeks to surrenders the flat he will have to forfeit the registration fee of rs 1 lakh or rs 2 lakh depending on the nature of flat people are free to visit the areas where the flats are being offered before making up their mind we have also removed the lockin period clause as we realised this was also a factor in buyers surrendering the flats this is also to keep a check on those elements who do market speculation he added both husband and wife can apply for the scheme but if both are alloted flats one of them would have to give up the property sources said most of the flats are onebedroom lig lower income group flats from the last housing scheme and no new flat is on offer this time about 10000 are lig flats from 2014 dda scheme unlike ews economically weaker section category last time in this scheme there would be no such category the official said for lig category the registration fee will be