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THE HARYANA TOWN IMPROVEMENT ACT, 2008

The Haryana Town Improvement Act, 2008

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The Haryana Town Improvement Act, 2008 regulates urban development, town planning, land acquisition, and infrastructure creation across municipal and designated areas in the State of Haryana. It applies to municipal committees, property owners, local residents, and government officials working within designated urban improvement zones. The law establishes Improvement Trusts responsible for designing and executing schemes aimed at upgrading insanitary areas, broadening streets, managing land usage, and providing re-housing for displaced residents. This legislation matters because it provides a structured framework for planned urban expansion, prevents unregulated development, improves public health and civic amenities, and balances public infrastructure needs with fair compensation for affected property owners.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and application.
  2. 2. Definitions.
  3. 3. Creation and incorporation of trust.
  4. 4. Constitution of trust.
  5. 5. Term of office of chairman.
  6. 6. Term of office of other trustees.
  7. 7. Resignation of trustee.
  8. 8. Filling of casual vacancies.
  9. 9. Remuneration of chairman and trustee.
  10. 10. Removal of trustee.
  11. 11. Disabilities of trustee removed under section 10.
  12. 12. Defect or irregularity not to vitiate proceedings.
  13. 13. Meetings of trust.
  14. 14. Temporary association of members with trust for particular purpose.
  15. 15. Constitution and functions of committees.
  16. 16. Meetings of committees.
  17. 17. Trustee and associated member of trust or committee not to take part in proceedings.
  18. 18. Constitution of trust services.
  19. 19. Power of trust to fix number and salaries of its official.
  20. 20. Power of appointment.
  21. 21. Control by chairman.
  22. 22. Delegation of certain chairman’s functions.
  23. 23. Delegation of powers by State Government.
  24. 24. Supply of information and documents to State Government.
  25. 25. General powers of State Government.
  26. 26. Matters to be provided for by general improvement schemes or re-building schemes.
  27. 27. Street schemes.
  28. 28. Development and expansion scheme.
  29. 29. Re-housing scheme.
  30. 30. Re-housing of displaced resident house-owners.
  31. 31. Combination of schemes.
  32. 32. General schemes on committee land.
  33. 33. Effect of specifying a street alignment on powers of committee.
  34. 34. Power of trust to set back or forward buildings adjacent to street alignment.
  35. 35. Prohibition of building beyond a street alignment.
  36. 36. Acquisition of property affected by deferred scheme.
  37. 37. Official representation.
  38. 38. Consideration of official representation.
  39. 39. Matters to be considered when framing improvement scheme.
  40. 40. Preparation, publication and transmission of notice.
  41. 41. Transmission to trust of representation by committee.
  42. 42. Notice of proposed acquisition of land.
  43. 43. Furnishing of information available in committee records.
  44. 44. Abandonment of scheme or application to State Government to sanction it.
  45. 45. Power to sanction, reject or return scheme.
  46. 46. Notification of sanction of scheme.
  47. 47. Alteration of scheme after sanction.
  48. 48. Dropping of or changing the purpose of the sanctioned scheme.
  49. 49. Inclusion of different localities in combined schemes.
  50. 50. Time limit for execution of schemes.
  51. 51. Transfer of building or land vested in committee.
  52. 52. Provision of drain or water works.
  53. 53. Power to make and deal with public street.
  54. 54. Power under Municipal Act vested in trust.
  55. 55. Limitation of powers of trust under section 54.
  56. 56. Power to levy betterment contribution.
  57. 57. Principles for calculating betterment contribution.
  58. 58. Assessment and collection of betterment contribution.
  59. 59. Option of objecting owner to require trust to acquire his property.
  60. 60. Power of trust to facilitate movement of population.
  61. 61. Power to make surveys or contribute towards their cost.
  62. 62. Power of entry.
  63. 63. Reference of disputes to civil courts.
  64. 64. Vesting in committee of streets laid out or altered and open spaces provided by trust under a scheme.
  65. 65. Control by Deputy Commissioner
  66. 66. Power to suspend any resolution or order
  67. 67. Power to provide for performance of duties in case of default
  68. 68. Action of Deputy Commissioner to be immediately reported
  69. 69. Submitting explanation
  70. 70. Acquisition of land
  71. 71. Abandonment of acquisition
  72. 72. Agreement or payment under section 71 not a bar to acquisition under a fresh declaration
  73. 73. Power to borrow money
  74. 74. Contribution by committee
  75. 75. Custody and investment of trust funds
  76. 76. Procedure to recover payment if trust fails to repay
  77. 77. Power of State Government to make rules.
  78. 78. Power to make regulations.
  79. 79. Printing and sale of copies of rules.
  80. 80. Power of State Government to cancel regulations.
  81. 81. Stamping signature on notices or bills.
  82. 82. Method of giving public notice.
  83. 83. Service of notice.
  84. 84. Disobedience to Act or to notice.
  85. 85. Power to execute works on failure to comply with notice.
  86. 86. Liability of occupier to pay in default of owner.
  87. 87. Right of occupier to execute works in default of owner.
  88. 88. Procedure upon opposition to execution by occupier.
  89. 89. Recovery of cost of work by occupier.
  90. 90. Recovery of expenses of removal.
  91. 91. Relief to agents and trustees.
  92. 92. Penalty for removing fence in street.
  93. 93. Power to prevent or demolish building in contravention of sections 34 and 35.
  94. 94. Penalty of obstructing contractor or removing mark.
  95. 95. Trustees, etc. deemed public servants.
  96. 96. Contributions by trust towards leave allowances.
  97. 97. Authority for prosecutions.
  98. 98. Powers of chairman as to institute legal proceedings.
  99. 99. Indemnity.
  100. 100. Notice of suit.
  101. 101. Mode of proof of trust records.
  102. 102. Restriction on the summoning of trust officials.
  103. 103. Validation of acts and proceedings.
  104. 104. General power of trust to pay compensation.
  105. 105. Dissolution of trust.
  106. 106. Repeal and savings.
  107. 107. Validation.

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