The Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development Act, 2011
The Gujarat Regularisation of Unauthorised Development Act, 2011
This Gujarat law provides a legal mechanism for owners and occupants to regularise buildings constructed without proper permission or in violation of development rules. It allows the designated authority to accept applications for legalising such unauthorised development, effectively giving these structures legal status. The Act suspends certain notices and orders issued before a specific date, giving people a chance to apply for regularisation rather than facing immediate demolition. It matters because it offers a pathway to legal ownership and security for properties that were built informally, provided they meet the prescribed conditions and pay any applicable fees.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Designated Authority
- 4. Public awareness
- 5. Notice and application for unauthorised development
- 6. Grant or refusal to regularise unauthorised development
- 7. Fees for regularisation.
- 8. Circumstances in which unauthorised development shall not be regularised.
- 9. Regularisation of lands for which sanction of Collector is not taken.
- 10. Circumstances in which unauthorised development may be regularised.
- 11. Consequences of regularisation.
- 12. Appeal.
- 13. Constitution of Infrastructure Development Fund.
- 14. Protection of action taken in good faith.
- 15. Removal of doubt.
- 16. Power of State Government to give directions.
- 17. Power to make rules
- 18. Act to have overriding effect
- 19. Repeal and savings
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