District Planning Committee.

1[District Planning Committee]. ––(1) 1[The District Planning Committee], constituted by the Government under 2[section 47-A] of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Raj Act, 1989 shall consolidate the development plans prepared and submitted to it by the municipalities in the District, under section 261 and prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole. 3[x x x x]. 4[(2)] Every 1[District Planning Committee] shall in preparing the draft development plan ––

1. (a) have regard to ––
   • (i) matters of common interest between the municipalities and panchayats including spatial planning, sharing of water and other physical and natural resources, the integrated development of infrastructure and environmental conservation ;
   • (ii) the extent and type of available resources whether financial or otherwise ;
2. (b) consult such institutions and organisations as the *[State Government] may by order specify. 5[(3)] The Chairperson of every 1[District Planning Committee] shall forward the development plan, as recommended by such committee to the Government.