Preparation of town development scheme

(1) The Town and Country Development Authority may, at any time declare its intention to prepare a town development scheme. (2) Not later than thirty days from the date of such declaration of intention to make a scheme, the Town and Country Development Authority shall publish the declaration in the Official Gazette and in such other manner as may be prescribed. (3) Not later than two years from the date of publication of the declaration under sub-section (2) the Town and Country Development Authority shall prepare a town development scheme in draft form and publish it in such form and manner as may be prescribed together with a notice inviting objections and suggestions from any person with respect to the said draft development scheme before such date as may be specified therein, such date being not earlier than thirty days from the date of publication of such notice. (4) The Town and country Development Authority shall consider all the objections and suggestions as may be received within the period specified in the notice under sub-section (3) and shall, after giving a reasonable opportunity to such persons affected thereby as are desirous of being heard or after considering the report of the committee constituted under sub-section (5), approve the draft scheme as published or make such modifications therein as it may deem fit. (5) Where the town development scheme relates to reconstitution of plots, the Town and Country Development Authority shall notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (4), constitute a committee consisting of the Chief administrator of the said authority and two other members of whom one shall be representative of the Himachal Pradesh Housing Board and the other shall be an officer of the Public works Department not below the rank of an Executive Engineer nominated by the Chief Engineer, Public works Department for the purpose of hearing objections and suggestions received under sub-section (3).