Chapter IV PREPARATION OF LAND USE MAP AND LAND USE REGISTER

Preparation of Land Use Map and Land Use Register.-(1) Every Planning Authority, after its formation, shall in consultation with the offices of the Revenue Department within two

1. (2) years or such reasonable time as Government may by an order determine, prepare a present Land Use Map and a Land Use Register in the form to be prescribed, indicating the present use of every piece of land in the Planning Area. Provided that for reasons to be recorded in writing, this period may be extended twice by six months each by the Government Provided that no title or right shall accrue to any one due to entries in Land Use Map and Land Use Register so prepared.
2. (2) The Government shall, by notification specify the date with reference to which the present land use of any land in the State has to be determined and different dates may be fixed for different areas of the State. Provided that, if a Planning Authority or a Local Authority has prepared a map or a register of the area before the application of the Act to that area, the map or the register already prepared, after such examination as the Planning Authority considers necessary, may be treated as a Land Use Map and Land Use Register prepared under this section by the Planning Authority.

Publication of Land Use Map and Land Use Register.-(1) After preparation of the Land Use Map and Land Use Register, the Planning Authority shall publish a notice, specifying the place or places where copies of the same may be inspected, and inviting objections from any person with respect to the Land Use Map and Land Use Register within thirty

1. (30) days of the publication of such notice.
2. (2) After the expiry of the period mentioned in Sub-Section (1) an officer of the Planning Authority or a committee appointed by the Planning Authority for this purpose shall, after allowing a reasonable opportunity of being heard to all the persons who have filed the objections and after conducting such enquiry as may be necessary, make a report to the Planning Authority.
3. (3) The Planning Authority shall consider the report as submitted in sub-section
4. (2) and make such modifications in the Map or Register or both as it considers proper and adopt the Land Use Map and Land Use Register by a resolution.
5. (4) After the adoption of the Land Use Map and the Land Use Register, the Planning Authority shall, publish a public notice of the adoption of the Land Use Map and Land Use Register and the place or places where copies of the same may be inspected and shall submit copies of the Land Use Map and Land Use Register to the Board and the Government.
6. (5) A copy of such public notice shall also be published in Official Gazette. The publication of the copy of the public notice in the Official Gazette in respect of the Land Use Map and Land Use Register shall be conclusive evidence that the Land Use Map and Land Use Register has been duly prepared and adopted.

Power of Government to prepare the Land Use Map and the Land Use Register.-(1)Where by virtue of the forgoing provisions of this chapter, a Land Use Map and a Land Use Register is to be prepared then;

1. (a) if within the prescribed period or within such period which the Government has extended, no Land Use Map or Land Use Register has been prepared by the Planning Authority, or
2. (b) if at any time the Government requires to prepare such Land Use Map or Land Use Register on an urgent basis and the Planning Authority has failed to prepare the same within the stipulated/prescribed time-frame, the Government may direct the Town and Country Planning Organization (TCPO), Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Bihar to prepare the Map and the Register.

1. (2) After preparation of the Land Use Map and the Land Use Register, the Town and Country Planning Organization shall submit the same to the Board and shall follow the procedure and exercise the power of the Planning Authority under section19 of the Act.
2. (3) Any expenses incurred under this section in connection with the making of the Land Use Map and the Land Use Register with respect to the Planning Area of a Planning Authority shall be paid by the respective Planning Authority or the Government.