Determination of certain matters by the Planning and Development Authority.

(1) As soon as may be after public notice of the sanction of the final scheme has been published in the Official Gazette under section 68, but not later than the time prescribed, the Planning and Development Authority shall, in accordance with the prescribed procedure proceed to— a. define, demarcate and decide the areas allotted to, or reserved, for a public purpose or purposes of the Planning and Development Authority, and also the final plots; b. decide the person or persons to whom a final plot is to be allotted and when such plot is to be allotted to persons in ownership in common, decide the shares of such persons; c. estimate the value of, and fix the difference between the values of, the original plots and the final plots included in the final scheme, in accordance with the provisions contained in clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 86; d. estimate the compensation payable for the loss of the area of the original plot in accordance with the provisions contained in clause (f) of sub-section (1) of section 86 in respect of any original plot which is wholly acquired under the scheme; e. determine whether the areas allotted or reserved for a public purpose or purposes of the Planning and Development Authority are beneficial wholly or partly to the owners or residents within the area of the scheme; f. estimate the proportion of the sums payable as compensation on each plot used, allotted or reserved for a public purpose or purposes of the Planning and Development Authority which is beneficial partly to the owners or residents within the area of the scheme and partly to the general public, which shall be included in the costs of the scheme; g. determine the proportion of contribution to be levied on each plot used, allotted or reserved for a public purpose or purposes of the Planning and Development Authority which is beneficial partly to the owners or residents within the area of the scheme and partly to the general public; h. determine the amount of exemption, if any, from the payment of the contribution that may be granted in respect of plots or portion thereof exclusively used or occupied for religious or charitable purposes at the date on which public notice of the sanction of the final scheme is published under section 68; i. estimate the value of final plots included in the final scheme and the increment to accrue in respect of such plots in accordance with the provisions of section 87; j. calculate the proportion in which the increment in respect of the final plots included in the final scheme shall be liable to contribution to the cost of the scheme in accordance with the provisions contained in section 86; k. calculate the contribution to be levied on each final plot included in the final scheme; l. determine the amount to be deducted from, or added to, as the case may be, the contribution leviable from a person in accordance with the provisions contained in section 89; m. provide for the total or partial transfer of any right in an original plot to a final plot or provide for the extinction of any right in an original plot in accordance with the provisions contained in section 90; n. where a plot is subject to a mortgage with possession or a lease, decide the proportion of compensation payable to, or contribution payable by, the mortgagee or lessee on one hand and the mortgagor or less or on the other; o. estimate with reference to claims made before it, after due notice is given in the prescribed manner, the compensation to be paid to the owner of any property or right injuriously affected by the making of a scheme in accordance with the provisions contained in section 91; p. determine the period within which the works provided in the scheme shall be completed by the Planning and Development Authority: Provided that the Planning and Development Authority may make variations in the final scheme subject to the condition that any variation estimated by it to involve an increase of ten percent in the total cost of the scheme or rupees one lakh whichever is lower, shall require the sanction of the Government: Provided further that the Planning and Development Authority shall make no substantial variation without the consent of the Government and without hearing any objections which may be raised by the owners concerned. (2) The Government may, if it thinks fit, whether the period prescribed for deciding all the matters referred to in sub-section (1) has expired or not, extend by notification, the period for deciding all the matters referred to in sub-section (1).