District Planning Committee.

(1) 1here shall be coos·:.ituted for all the districts in the Union ter~itory. a District Planning Oommittee to cons91idate the plans prepared by the Panchayats. 'Municipalities and the tiba 1 administrative bodies in the areas notified under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the AndaIDOrl and nicobar Islands (Protection of Aboriqinal Tribal) Regulation, 1956, and to prepare a droft development plan for the Union territory, (2) '1 he District Planning Cooimittee shall consist of.- (d) the Adhyak5hd of the.Zilla Parishad who shall be the Chairperson; lb) the C~airperson of the Municipality; (c) t~e Member of Parliament for the Union Territory; (.d) s ich number or persons not less than four-fitth~3 of the total number of members of the Commitee as may be specified lD' the Administrator shall be elected by and fram amongst the elected members of Zilla Parishad and 'the Municipality in proportion to the ratio betw~ the population of ) the Zj 11a Parishad and of the Municipal ities in '1the districts including such nUffib9r of pe~ns r-eh6Sen in :3uch manner as the AdmInIstrator ma by er pUbllsne In e lCl~ e e ermine the followinq namely:-- (i) six persons from among the tribal reardente in the Car Nrcobar tahsil; ( i i) Four persons f:rolIi the tribal residents in the 'Nancowry tehsil(excluding Great Nicobar); (e) one person belonging to any of the Scheduled Tribes of the Andamanees Ong'~6 or Shoopens to be nominated by the Admin i stetor : (f) secretary to the Union territory incharge of .planning; (g) secretary to t.he- Union terri tory incnarqe of Finance; (h) secretary to the Union tetritory incharge of local self-uovernment; (i) The Chief ExecuUve Officer of thei Zilla Per rsned Secretary-ex-ofi icio. (3) The District Planninq Coomittee shall prepare a draft Developnent Plan.-- (a) hevmo recard t», (i) matters of c~non interest between the Panchayats, Municipalities, reserved area, municipal area and oxhe r areas . including spatial planninq sharing of water and other physical and natural resources, integrated development of infra~tructure' and envjronmental conservation; (Li ) the" extent and type of evai Ieble resources whether f inencra] or: otherwise: (b) consult e.uch institutions and organisations as the Mmjnistrator may by order specify. (5) The Chairperson of the District Flanning Committee shall forwar.d the Development ,Plan as recommended by such, committee to the Administrator.