Chandigarh, Feb. 28 -- In a major setback to around 68,000 allottees, the board of directors of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) on Thursday clarified that a policy to regularise need-based changes in CHB dwelling units cannot be introduced.

However, the board stated that "minor changes" may be permitted with prior approval from the UT department of urban planning.

The meeting, convened after a gap of more than 20 months, was chaired by Chandigarh chief secretary-cum-CHB chairman Rajeev Verma.

The members pointed out that in July last year, the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) had refused to approve such regularisation, stating that the matter was beyond its jurisdiction.

On this, Verma said minor changes could be allowed, but o...