Amendment of section 32 of Mah. III of

In section 32 of the Maharashtra Industrial Development Act, 1961 to sub-section (2), the following provisos shall be added, namely :— " Provided that, if the land proposed to be acquired falls within a Scheduled Area then the State Government shall before such acquisition consult,—

1. (i) the Gram Sabha and the Panchayat concerned if the land is falling within the area of one Panchayat ;
2. (ii) the concerned Gram Sabhas and the Panchayat Samiti if the land is falling within the area of more than one Panchayats in the Block concerned ;
3. (iii) the concerned Gram Sabhas and the Zilla Parishad if the land is falling within the area of more than one Block in the district concerned ; such consultation shall be carried out in the manner as may be laid down by the State Government by issuing a general or special order in this behalf: Provided that, the decision taken by the majority of the Gram Sabhas concerned by passing a resolution in the above matters shall be binding on the concerned Panchayat Samiti or the Zilla Parishad as the case may be." Explanation.—For the purposes of these provisos,—
4. (i) the expressions "Gram Sabha" or "Panchayat" and "Scheduled Areas" shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the Bombay Village Panchayat Act, 1958 ;
5. (ii) the expressions "Panchayat Samiti" and "Zilla Parishad" shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961."