Powers of Board to sanction or refuse

Powers of Board to sanction or refuse-

1. (l) Within one month after the receipt of the notice required by Section '171:, sub-section(2), or clause (iii) of Section 302, the Board may refuse to sanction the building or may sanction it either absolutely or subject to such modification as it may deem fit in respect all or any of the matters, specified in Section 302, clause (iv); and the person erecting, materially altering or re-erecting any such building as aforesaid' shall comply with the sanction of the Board as granted in every particular.

1. (2) Should the Board neglect or omit for one month after the receipt of a valid notice to make and deliver to the person who has given such notice an order of sanction or refusal in respect thereof, it shall be deemed to have sanctioned the proposed building Absolutely. Explanation-The Board may refuse, to sanction the erection, material alteration or re-erection of any building either on the grounds affecting the particular building or in pursuance of a general scheme adopted by the Board at a meeting restricting the erection or re-erection of building or any class of buildings within specified limits for the pre-vention of over-crowding, or in the interest of the resident, within such limits or for any other public purpose. Permission) may also be refused in any case in which there is any dispute between the Board and the applicant as to the title of the land or which it is pro-posed to erect the building until such dispute is decided.
2. (3) In giving permission for the building it shall be obligatory for the Board to conform to the land use pattern and zoning plan prepared by or under the authority of the State Government.
3. (4) The Board shall prepare within a specified period, to be decided upon by the State Government, road classification and road offset line and in giving building or land use permission, the Board shall conform to the road classification and road offset line and shall carry out the planning directions given by the State Government. Explanation-Road offset line means an uniform distance measured from the center of the road and prescribed on either side of the road as the line beyond which only construction of house, wall or other fixtures is permissible. NOTES ASSAM (AMENDMENTS) Section 174-The sub-section (3) and (4), including the explanation were inserted vide Assam Act No. II of 1966, published in the Assam Gazette, dated 10-1-1996.