Power to prohibit and control building etc.

Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 33, the State Government or any officer authorised by it shall have the power to prohibit, regulate and control the construction of any building, wall or other structure within the controlled area. Where the person to whom notice to remove an encroachment has been served under subsection (1) of section 33, claims that the land in respect of which encroachment has been alleged, is his property, he shall within the time limit prescribed in the notice for the removal of the encroachment, file an appeal before the Collector under intimation to the Highway Authority. The Collector shall, after due enquiry, record his decision in writing and communicate the same to the appellant and the Highway Authority.