Control of development and use of land by State Government

(1) The entire control of development and use of land in the State shall vest in the State Government. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) and the rules made under this Act, the entire control of development and use of land in the investment area shall vest in the Director from such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf. (3) The State Government may make rules to regulate the control of development and use of land in the investment area and non-investment area in the State and may, by notification, apply such rules to any investment area or non-investment area from such date as may be specified therein, and where such rules are applied to any non-investment area, the limits of such non-investment area shall be defined in such notification. (4) Upon the application of such rules to any investment area, the provisions of this Chapter shall, in relation to the application to such investment area, be subject to the provisions of such rules. (5) Upon the application of such rules to any non-investment area, the following consequences shall ensue, namely:- (i) The relevant provision of the law relating to the local authority by which the local authority has been empowered to control the development and use of land, or any other such enactment under which such authority has been constituted and the rules or by-laws made thereunder, if any, shall not apply to the area included within the limits of such local authority or any other authority as the case may be. (ii) That local authority or any other authority, whose duty it is under any law relating to the local authority or under any other enactment for the time being in force, to control the development and use of land, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any such law or enactment, be bound to give effect to the provisions of the rules made under this Act.