Power of State Government to give Directions

(1) The State Government may, if it consider necessary in public interest so to do, give directions to the Town and Country Development Authority:-(a) to frame a town development scheme; (b) to modify a town development scheme during execution; (c) to revoke a town development scheme, for reasons to be specified in such direction; Provided that no direction to modify or revoke a town development scheme shall be given unless the Town and Country Development Authority is given an opportunity to present its case. (2) The directions given by the State Government under this section shall be binding on the Town and Country Development Authority. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the Director shall have jurisdiction to decide any application made under sub-section (2) and no other court shall have jurisdiction to entertain such application and no appeal shall lie from any order made on such application. (6) Any promoter or person responsible for the management and maintenance of building or apartment or plot, who contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), shall on conviction be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine, which may extend to fifty thousand rupees or with both. (7) The offence under sub-section (6) shall be cognizable, and shall not be triable by any court inferior to that of Judicial Magistrate of the First Class. Explanation-I- In this section, "essential supply or service" includes the supply of water, electricity, lights in passages and on staircase, and lifts and conservancy or sanitary service. Explanation-II-For the purposes of this section withholding any essential supply or service shall include acts or omissions attributable to the promoter or the person responsible for the management and maintenance of the building or apartment, on account of which the essential supply of service is cut off by the local authority or any other authority.