Restrictions on land use or development thereof

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, on or after the date of publication of the draft regional plan, no person, authority, department of the Government or any other person shall change the use of any land from agricultural to any other purpose or execute any development in respect of any land which is contrary to the provisions of the draft plan without the prior approval of the Director or such officer authorized by the Director, not being below the rank of Deputy Director. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, the permission referred to in sub-section (1) shall be granted only in conformity with the provisions of the draft plan or final plan and not otherwise, and the grant of any such permission shall not be construed as conferring any legal right on the person to whom it is granted. (3) If any work is executed in contravention of the provisions of this section, the Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council within its local area and the Collector for areas outside such local area may get such work removed or demolished at the cost of the defaulter, which cost shall be recovered from him in the same manner as arrears of land revenue: Provided that no action shall be taken under this sub-section unless the concerned person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard and has been required by notice to remove or demolish the work within the time specified in the notice. (4) Any person aggrieved by the order of the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or the Collector, as the case may be, requiring the removal or demolition of a work, may appeal to the Director within 15 days of the receipt of the notice under sub-section (3), and the order of the Director in such appeal shall be final.