Bare Act
The Maharashtra Metropolitan Planning Committees (Constitutions and Functions) (Continuance of Provisions) Act, 1999
General199918 articles
This Act establishes Metropolitan Planning Committees (MPCs) across Maharashtra to create unified development plans for metropolitan areas. It brings together representatives from municipalities, panchayats, and government officials to ensure that urban growth is planned systematically rather than in isolation. By mandating these committees, the law ensures that infrastructure, transport, and housing projects are coordinated across different local bodies. For an ordinary citizen, this matters because it aims to reduce chaotic urban sprawl, improve public services, and ensure that the development of their city or town is handled through a structured, democratic, and legally compliant process.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Constitution of Metropolitan Planning Committee
- III. Elected Members
- IV. Special invitees
- 4. Term of office and filling of casual vacancies
- 5. Provided that, the member so nominated or elected shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which the member in whose place he is nominated or elected, would have held office.
- 6. Procedure to be followed in discharge of functions
- 7. Proceedings presumed to be good and valid
- 8. Allowance of Chairperson and members
- 9. Functions of Metropolitan Planning Committee
- 10. Directives by State Government
- 11. On receipt of the directions, the Committee shall comply with them.
- 12. The Metropolitan Planning Committee shall have powers to formulate guidelines for preparation of draft plan, which will be followed by the Municipalites and Panchayats while formulating their own plans.
- 13. Amendment of certain enactments
- 14. Power to remove difficulties
- 15. Provided that, no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
- I. SCHEDULE
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