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The Himachal Pradesh New Mandi Townships (Development and Regulation) Act 1973

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This legislation regulates the establishment, planned development, and administration of new market townships across Himachal Pradesh. It applies to government-designated market zones, property buyers, land occupants, state administrators, and local developers. Under the law, the state government can declare new market towns, sell or lease public land, restrict individual families to acquiring a maximum of two plots, and collect fees to maintain public amenities like roads, water, and sanitation. It matters because it gives designated administrators the legal authority to enforce strict building rules, halt unauthorized construction, penalize non-payment, and reclaim property from persistent defaulters to ensure orderly urban commercial growth.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  3. 2. Definitions
  4. 3. Power of State Government to declare new mandi townships and to transfer land and buildings therein
  5. 4. Bar to purchase plots
  6. 5. Bar to erection or alteration of buildings in contravention of building rules
  7. 6. Administer’s power to sanction or refuse erection, re-erection or modification of plan of buildings and presumption sanction
  8. 7. Power of Administrator to stop unauthorized building operations and penalty for breach and disobedience
  9. 8. Power of Administrator to direct modification of sanctioned plan of a building before its completion.
  10. 9. Lapse of sanction after one year from the date of such sanction.
  11. 10. Power to require proper maintenance of site or building.
  12. 11. Levy of fees for amenities.
  13. 12. Imposition of penalty.
  14. 13. Mode of Recovery of arrears.
  15. 14. Forfeiture for breach of conditions of transfer.
  16. 15. Penalty for breach of the provisions of the Act or rules thereunder.
  17. 16. Appeal and revision.
  18. 17. Powers of entry into buildings or land.
  19. 18. Partial exclusion of jurisdiction of municipal Committees, Panchayats and Town Improvement Trusts in new mandi townships.
  20. 19. Procedure for prosecution.
  21. 20. Bar of jurisdiction of Court.
  22. 21. Protection of Action taken in good faith
  23. 22. Delegation
  24. 23. Power to exclude application of Act to certain new mandi townships
  25. 24. Power to include fully developed new mandi townships within limits of local authorities
  26. 25. Certain sales to be deemed to be sales under this Act
  27. 26. Power to make rules
  28. 27. Repeal and Savings

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