Effect of notification of development scheme

On and after the day on which a development scheme under this Act comes into force, -

1. (1) all lands belonging to the State Government or any other local authority situated within the concerned development area, unless it is otherwise determined in the development scheme by the Authority shall vest in the Authority free from all encumbrances;
2. (2) all rights in the existing plots within the development area which have been reconstituted by the development scheme shall be determined and the reconstituted plots shall become subject to the rights settled by the Authority;
3. (3) land uses earmarked in the development plans sanctioned under section 18 under different categories and/or classifications shall automatically stand converted to uses proposed under the sanctioned and notified development Scheme: Provided that land uses which have been earmarked for recognized ecological conservation purposes including but not limited to wildlife reserve, forest use, tribal lands, buffer zones, ecologically sensitive water bodies, marsh lands and/or wetlands and all other prohibited uses as may be decided by the Authority shall not be subject to automatic change of land use and/or conversion of land use under this section;
4. (4) The Authority shall hand over lawful, physical possession of the reconstituted plots to the owners to whom such reconstituted plots are allotted by the provisions of the development scheme.