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The Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977

The Haryana Urban Development Authority Act, 1977

Infrastructure1977111 of 112 sections available7 chapters

This Act sets up the Haryana Urban Development Authority to promote and secure planned development of urban areas in the State. The Authority can acquire land compulsorily, develop it and dispose of it for housing, commercial and other uses. It can impose penalties for breach of conditions of sale and resume or forfeit land. The Act also covers the Authority's constitution, members, meetings, committees and staff.

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Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTHORITY →

  1. 3Establishment and constitution of Authority
  2. 4Provided that the number of non-official members shall not at any time exceed three.
  3. 5Power to remove members
  4. 6Filling of vacancies
  5. 7Meetings
  6. 8Appointment of committees
  7. 9Temporary association of persons
  8. 10Validation of acts and proceedings
  9. 11Staff
  10. 12General disqualifications of officers and employees
  11. 13Objects and functions of Authority

Chapter III ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND →

  1. 14Compulsory acquisition of land
  2. 15Disposal of land
  3. 16Imposition of penalty and mode of recovery of arrears
  4. 17Resumption and forfeiture for breach of conditions of transfer

Chapter IV POWER TO EVICT PERSONS FROM PREMISES OF THE AUTHORITY →

  1. 18Power to evict persons from premises/land of Authority or building constructed
  2. 19Power to recover damages as arrears of land revenue
  3. 20If any person refuses or fails to pay the damages within the time specified in the notice, the damages may be recovered from him as arrears of land revenue.

Chapter V FINANCE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT →

  1. 21Fund of Authority
  2. 22Power of State Government to make grants, advances and loans to Authority
  3. 23Power of Authority to borrow or advance money
  4. 24Priority of payment for interest and repayment of loans
  5. 25Budget
  6. 26Accounts and audit
  7. 27Annual Report
  8. 28Provident Fund

Chapter VI RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, THE AUTHORITY AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ETC. →

  1. 29Power of Authority to require local authority to assume responsibility for amenities in certain cases
  2. 30Control by State Government
  3. 31Returns and information
  4. 32Power of State Government to transfer powers of Municipal Committees, Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Improvement Trust and Faridabad Complex Administration to Authority
  5. 33Power of entry
  6. 34Penalties
  7. 35Offences by companies
  8. 36Fines when realised to be paid to Authority
  9. 37Composition of offences

Chapter VII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 38Charge for extension of amenities
  2. 39Members, officers and employees to be public servants
  3. 40Jurisdiction of courts
  4. 41Sanction for prosecution
  5. 42Service of notice, etc
  6. 43Notices, etc. to fix reasonable time
  7. 44Authentication
  8. 45Mode of proof of records of Authority
  9. 46Restriction on summoning of members, officers and other employees of Authority
  10. 47Protection of action taken in good faith
  11. 48Relation of Authority with police
  12. 49Arrest of offenders
  13. 50Finality of orders and bar of jurisdiction of civil courts
  14. 51Power to delegate
  15. 52State Government or any person appointed by it may exercise power or perform duty conferred or imposed on Authority
  16. 53Power to make rules
  17. 54Power to make regulations
  18. 55Penalty for breach of rules and regulations
  19. 56Provided further that the Chief Administrator may, instead of requiring the alteration or demolition of any such building, accept by way of composition, such sum as he may deem reasonable.
  20. 57Dissolution of Authority
  21. 58Repeal and savings
  22. 59Removal of difficulty
  23. 60Repeal and saving

Chapter IX CONSTITUTION OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES →

  1. 61Definitions
  2. 62Declaration of Local Development area
  3. 63Constitution of the Local Development Authority
  4. 64The officers so deputed shall have the right to take part in the proceedings of the meeting and also have the right to vote respectively.
  5. 65Power to remove members
  6. 66Filling of vacancies
  7. 67Meetings
  8. 68Appointment of Committees
  9. 69Temporary association of persons
  10. 70Validation of acts and proceedings
  11. 71Staff
  12. 72Object of the Local Development Authority
  13. 73Master plan for the development area
  14. 74Sector development plans
  15. 75Submission of plans to the State Government for approval
  16. 76Procedure to be followed in the preparation and approval of plan
  17. 77Date of commencement of plan
  18. 78Maintenance and improvement of facade of certain buildings arterial roads
  19. 79Amendment of Plan
  20. 80Development of land in the local developed area
  21. 81Application for permission
  22. 82Permission or refusal in respect of uses of land and buildings
  23. 83Applicability of Haryana Act 8 of 1975
  24. 84Application of certain existing provisions
  25. 85Transfer of assets, liabilities, powers etc. to Local Development Authority
  26. 87Certain other penalties
  27. 88Order of demolition of building
  28. 89Power to stop development
  29. 90Conferment of other powers on the Local Development Authority
  30. 91Powers to provide amenity or carry out development at cost of owner in the event of his default and to levy cess in certain cases
  31. 92Power of Local Development Authority to require local authority to assume responsibilities in certain cases
  32. 93Power of Local Development Authority to levy betterment charges
  33. 94Assessment of betterment charges by Local Development Authority
  34. 95Finality of decision
  35. 96Payment of betterment charges
  36. 97Additional stamp duty on certain transfer of property
  37. 98Toll for amenities
  38. 99Recovery of money due to Local Development Authority
  39. 100Returns and inspections
  40. 101Service of notice etc
  41. 102Public Notice how to be made known
  42. 103Notices etc. to fix reasonable time
  43. 104Savings
  44. 105Power of the State Government to exempt certain class of buildings, etc
  45. 106Plans to stand modified in certain cases
  46. 107Power to make rules for purposes of this Chapter
  47. 108Power to make regulations for purposes of this Chapter
  48. 109Power to make bye-laws for the purposes of this Chapter
  49. 110Contribution of Local Development Authority to State exchequer
  50. 111Dissolution of Local Development Authority
  51. 112Relationship of Haryana Urban Development Authority and Local Development Authority with the State Government

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