Power of State Government to sanction development plan and consequences thereof

"10. (1)

1. (a) On receipt of the development plan under section 8, the State Government may, after consulting the Consulting Surveyor and within the prescribed period sanction the development plan and the regulations as so received unless any modifications therein are considered to be necessary by the State Government.
2. (b) If any modifications in the development plan or the regulations are considered to be necessary by the State Government, the State Government shall before the expiry of the period prescribed under clause
3. (a) publish the modifications in the Official Gazette along with a notice calling upon the persons affected thereby to submit to the State Government their suggestions, if any, in writing within a period of sixty days from the date of the publication of the modifications.
4. (c) After considering the suggestions, if any, received under clause (b), the State Government shall within the prescribed period finalise the modifications and sanction the development plan and the regulations with modifications so finalised.
5. (d) The sanction accorded under clause
6. (a) or clause
7. (c) shall be notified in the Official Gazette and the development plan together with the regulations so sanctioned shall be called "the final development plan".
8. (e) The final development plan shall come into force on such date as the State Government may specify in the notification issued under clause (d): Provided that the date so specified shall not be earlier than one month from the date of the publication of the notification.

1. (2) Where the development plan submitted by the local authority contains any proposals for the reservation of any land for a purpose specified in clause
   • (b) or
   • (e) of section 7 and such land does not vest in the local authority, the State Government shall not include the said purpose in the development plan unless it is satisfied that the local authority would acquire the land whether by agreement or compulsory purchase within ten years from the date on which the development plan comes into force.
2. (3) After the final development plan comes into force, the local authority may execute any work for developing, redeveloping or improving any area within its jurisdiction in accordance with the proposals contained in the development plan.