Amendment of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961

(1) In the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963), (a) in section 2, after item (ib) of sub-clause (a) of clause (7), the following shall be inserted, namely:- “(ic) the local planning area comprising the City of Mysuru, the Mysuru Development Authority, and”, (b) after section 81-E, the following shall be inserted, namely:- “81-F. Consequences to ensue upon the constitution of the Mysuru Development Authority.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, with effect from the date on which the Mysuru Development Authority is constituted under this Act, the following consequences shall ensure,- (i) the Mysuru Development Authority shall be the local Planning Authority for the local planning area comprising the City of Mysuru with jurisdiction over the area which the Mysuru Urban Development Authority for the City of Mysuru had jurisdiction immediately before the date on which the Mysuru Development Authority is constituted; (ii) the Mysuru Development Authority shall exercise the powers, perform the functions and discharge the duties under this Act as if it were a Local Planning Authority constituted for the Mysuru City; (iii) the Mysore Urban Development Authority shall stand dissolved and upon such dissolution,- (a) anything done or any action taken (including any appointment, notification, order, scheme or bye-law made or issued), any commencement certificate or permission granted by the Mysore Urban Development Authority shall be deemed to have been done, taken, made, issued or granted under the provisions of this Act by the Mysuru Development Authority and continue to be in force until it is superseded by anything done or any action taken, any appointment, notification, order, scheme, or bye-law, made or issued, commencement certificate or permission granted by the Mysuru Development Authority under the provisions of this Act; (b) all obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into, all matters and things engaged to be done, by, with or for the Mysore Urban Development Authority shall be deemed to have been incurred, entered into, or engaged to be done by, with or for the Mysuru Development Authority. (c) all property movable and immovable and all interests of whatsoever nature and kind therein vested in the Mysore Urban Development Authority shall with all rights of whatsoever description used, enjoyed or possessed by the Mysore Urban Development Authority, vest in the Mysuru Development Authority; (d) all suits, prosecutions and other legal proceedings instituted or which might have been instituted by or against the Mysore Urban Development Authority may be continued or be instituted by or against the Mysuru Development Authority.