Sanction of Development Plan

(1) After the submission of the development plan under section 18, the State Government may, as soon as may be, either approve the development plan or approve it with such modifications as it may consider necessary, or return it to the Director to modify it or to prepare a new plan in accordance with such directions as the State Government may consider appropriate. (2) Where the State Government approves the development plan with modifications, the State Government shall, by a notice published in the Gazette, invite objections and suggestions in respect of such modifications within a period of not less than thirty days from the date of publication of such notice in the Gazette. (3) After considering the objections and suggestions and after hearing the persons who desire to be heard, the State Government may confirm the modifications in the development plan. (4) The State Government shall publish a public notice in the Gazette and in such other manner as may be prescribed, regarding the approval of the development plan approved under the preceding provisions and the place or places where copies of the approved development plan may be inspected. (5) The development plan shall come into force from the date of the publication of the said notice in the Gazette under sub-section (4) and shall be binding on all the development authorities constituted under this Act and on all local authorities operating within the planning area.