Procedure for preparation, publication and sanctioning of Perspective Plan for the district.

(1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the District Planning Committee shall take a decision to prepare a Perspective Plan for the district. (2) The District Planning Committee shall, not later than two years from the date of decision taken to prepare a Perspective Plan as per sub-section (1), prepare or get prepared and shall publish, the draft Perspective Plan for the district in the website and the notice of the publication shall be notified in the Official Gazette and in at least two newspapers having wide circulation in the district, of which one must be in the regional language, specifying the place or places where a copy of the draft Perspective Plan for the district may be inspected, and also inviting objections and suggestions to be filed within a period of sixty days from the date of publication of the notice in the Official Gazette. The District Planning Committee shall forward a copy of the draft Perspective Plan for the district or relevant extracts thereof to the Local Self Government Institutions within their jurisdiction. (3) The District Planning Committee shall as far as possible within sixty days from the time limit prescribed for receiving objections and suggestions under sub-section (2) consider all the objections and suggestions received and give effect to such modifications as may be considered necessary and the Perspective Plan for the district as recommended by the District Planning Committee shall be submitted to the Government for sanction: Provided that the District Planning Committee may appoint a special committee consisting of not more than four of its members and the district level officer of the Department of Town and Country Planning of the Government for processing the objections and suggestions and to submit its report to the District Planning Committee. (4) The Government may, in consultation with the Board, within sixty days of the date of receipt of the Perspective Plan for the district forwarded to it under sub-section (3), and after ensuring that the Perspective Plan for the district is within the framework of the Perspective Plan for the State, if prepared, and any other Plans under this Act, priorities and objectives set by the Government and the Government of India, sanction the same with or without modifications: Provided that if the Perspective Plan for the district is returned for incorporating modifications, if any, suggested by the Government, the modified Plan shall be resubmitted within sixty days and the Government may sanction the Plan as if the Plan is submitted for sanction afresh. (5) As soon as may be, after the Perspective Plan for the district has been sanctioned by the Government, the District Planning Committee shall forward a copy thereof to each of the Local Self Government Institutions in the district, and also publish, the fact of sanction of the Perspective Plan for the district by the Government, in the Official Gazette and in at least one newspaper having wide circulation in the district, for information of the public and also specifying the place or places where a copy of the Plan may be available for reference or for sale. (6) The Government shall have the power to extend the time limit prescribed in sub-sections (2) (other than the time limit prescribed for the preparation of the plan), (3) and (4) above up to a period not exceeding six months.