Control of development and use of land by State Government

(1) The overall control of development and use of land in the State shall vest in the State Government. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) and subject to the rules made under this Act, the overall control of development and use of land in an investment region shall vest in the Director from such date as the State Government may, by notification, appoint in this behalf. (3) The State Government may make rules for regulating the control of development and use of land in the investment region and non-investment region in the State and may, by notification, apply such rules to any investment region or non-investment region from such date as may be specified therein, where such rules are applied to any non-investment region, the boundaries of such non-investment region shall be defined in such notification. (4) From the date of application of such rules to any investment region, the provisions of this Chapter shall, in relation to the application of such rules to that investment region, be subject to the provisions of such rules. (5) From the date of application of such rules to any non-investment region, the following consequences shall ensue, namely: (i) the relevant provision of the law relating to the local authority by which the local authority is empowered to control the development and use of land, or any other such enactment under which such authority has been constituted and the rules or bye-laws made thereunder, if any, shall not apply to the area included within the limits of such local authority or any other authority, as the case may be. (ii) that local authority or any other authority, whose duty it is under any law relating to the local authority or under any other enactment for the time being in force to control the development and use of land, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any such law or enactment, be bound to give effect to the provisions of the rules made under this Act.