The Sonipat Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2023
The Sonipat Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2023
The Sonipat Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2023, establishes a dedicated statutory body to oversee the planned development and management of the Sonipat Metropolitan Area. This Act empowers the Authority to create and implement comprehensive infrastructure, mobility, and environmental management plans, ensuring coordinated urban growth. It applies to the notified metropolitan area, including municipal and panchayat regions. For ordinary citizens, this legislation matters because it centralizes urban planning, aims to improve public amenities like roads and transport, and provides a structured mechanism for residents to participate in development decisions through an advisory council, ultimately seeking to enhance the quality of life in the region.
- 1. Short title and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Declaration of Sonipat Metropolitan Area
- 4. Establishment of Authority
- 5. Constitution of Authority
- 6. Allowances, cessation and resignation of members
- 7. Meetings of Authority
- 8. Delegation of powers of Authority to executive committee
- 9. Appointment, terms and conditions etc. of Chief Executive Officer
- 10. Officers and other staff of Authority
- 11. Residents Advisory Council
- 12. General superintendence, direction and management of affairs of Authority
- 13. Provided that each such order of delegation and the terms and conditions of such delegation shall be placed before the Authority.
- 14. Disclosure of information
- 15. Powers of Director to be exercised by Chief Executive Officer
- 16. Powers, functions and duties of Authority
- 17. Infrastructure development plan
- 18. Annual infrastructure development plan
- 19. Infrastructure development to be in accordance with infrastructure development plan
- 20. Special provisions regarding right of way for infrastructure development work
- 21. Mobility management plan
- 22. Special provisions regarding operation of a city bus service
- 23. Plan for sustainable environment management
- 24. Power of Authority to require local authority to assume responsibilities for maintenance
- 25. Power of Authority to survey
- 26. Power of Chief Executive Officer to direct removal of unauthorized development, obstructions or encroachment
- 27. Measures for promotion of social, economic and industrial development
- 28. Chief Executive Officer to exercise powers under Punjab Act 24 of 1961
- 29. Coordination committees and standing committees
- 30. Avoidance of conflict of interest
- 31. Power to engage experts
- 32. Authority to ensure transparency etc
- 33. Funds of Authority
- 34. Annual grants, loans and advances to Authority
- 35. Power of Authority to borrow
- 36. Power of Authority to invest
- 37. Priority of payment for interest and repayment of loans
- 38. Application of Funds
- 39. Budget
- 40. Accounts and audit
- 41. Annual report
- 42. Charges and levies receivable by Authority
- 43. Authority to receive cess on property
- 44. Power to levy user charges
- 45. Mode of recovery of money due
- 46. Provided further that the defaulter shall be liable for action, including criminal action, for such default under any other law for the time being in force.
- 47. Transfer of property of Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation in Authority
- 48. Review of performance of Authority
- 49. Proceedings not to be invalidated by vacancies
- 50. Returns and information
- 51. Power of Authority to call for report, return or information from local authority etc
- 52. Power of State Government in certain matters
- 53. Provided that the State Government shall not pass an order prejudicial to any person without affording such person a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
- 54. Application of other laws not barred
- 55. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 56. Members and officers to be public servants
- 57. Power to make rules
- 58. Power to make regulations
- 59. Power to remove difficulties
- 60. Laying of notification, rules and regulations before State Legislature
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