Provided that the execution of the scheme or any part thereof may be deferred until such time as may be fixed by the Government.

Matters that may be dealt within scheme Matters that may be dealt with in scheme.—A scheme may provide for all or any of the following matters :—

1. (a) the laying out or relaying out of land either vacant or already built upon as building sites or for any of the purposes mentioned in this section ;
2. (b) the construction, diversion, extension, alteration, improvement or closure of streets, roads and communications ;
3. (c) the construction, alteration, removal or demolition of buildings, bridges and other structures ;
4. (d) the acquisition by purchase, exchange or otherwise of any land or other immovable property within the area included in the scheme whether required immediately or not ;
5. (e) the re-distribution of boundaries and the reconstitution of the plots belonging to owners of property comprised in the scheme ;
6. (f) the disposal by sale, exchange, release or otherwise of land acquired or owned by the Government ;
7. (g) transport facilities ;
8. (h) water supply ;
   • (i) lighting ;
9. (j) drainage inclusive of sewerage and of surface drainage and sewerage disposal ;
10. (k) the allotment or reservation of land for streets, roads, squares, houses, buildings for religious and charitable purposes, open spaces, gardens, recreation grounds, schools, markets, shops, factories, hospitals, dispensaries, Government and municipal buildings and public purposes of all kinds ;
11. (l) construction of houses :
12. (m) the preservation of objects and buildings of archaeological or historic interest or of natural beauty or actually used for religious purposes or regarded by the public with special religious veneration ;
13. (n) the imposition of conditions and restrictions in regard to the character, number, architectural features and height of buildings allowed in specified areas and the purposes to which buildings or specified areas may or may not be appropriated and the provisions and maintenance of sufficient open space about buildings ;
14. (o) the suspension, restriction or modification, so far as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the scheme, of any provision in the Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 1998, the Town Area Act 1997 and the Jammu and Kashmir Village Panchayat Act, 2008 or any rule, bye-law or Regulation made under the said Acts and in force in the area included in the scheme ;
15. (p) any other matter for which, in the opinion of the Government, it is expedient to make provision with a view to the improvement of any area in question or the general efficiency of the scheme.