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The Maharashtra Gunthewari Development (Regularisation, Upgradation and Control) Act, 2001

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This Act deals with gunthewari developments in Maharashtra, meaning unauthorised plots and buildings built on small pieces of land divided without approval. It lets planning authorities regularise such developments on payment of charges, upgrade them with basic amenities, and control any new gunthewari development. It also provides for powers of entry, notices, offences and compounding.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. XXXVII of 1966.
  4. 4. Provided that, the State Government may authorise the Planning Authority to determine the compounding fee or development charge or both, in the area of its jurisdiction.
  5. 5. Consequences of regularisation
  6. 6. Upgradation of regularised Gunthewari development
  7. 7. Control of Gunthewari development
  8. 8. Power of entry
  9. 9. Service of notice, etc
  10. 10. Public notice how to be made known
  11. 11. Notices, etc. to fix reasonable time
  12. 12. Authentication of orders and documents
  13. 13. Offences by companies
  14. 14. Withdrawal of cases and compounding of offences
  15. 15. Jurisdiction of courts
  16. 16. Protection of action taken in good faith
  17. 17. Members and officers to be public servants
  18. 18. XLV of 1860.
  19. 19. Power to delegate
  20. 20. Powers of Planning Authority to be exercised by certain officers
  21. 21. Control by State Government
  22. 22. Returns and information
  23. 23. Power to make rules
  24. 24. Power to make regulations
  25. 25. Repeal of Mah. Ord. XIII of 2001 and saving

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