Power to prepare improvement schemes

Power to prepare improvement schemes:

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Board of Councillors may, subject to the approval of the State Government, prepare such improvement schemes for any slum for the purpose of effecting environmental or general improvement of slums as it may consider necessary, and publish a copy of such scheme in such manner as may be determined by regulation.
2. (2) The improvement scheme may include lay-out plan for the entire slum or part of it, relocation of existing huts or structures on the basis of such lay-out plan, diminution of individual holdings and compulsory acquisition of land or building for the purpose of providing common facilities and amenities in the slum area, temporary shifting or inhabitants and their re-settlement in phased manner with a view to amelioration of the conditions of the inhabitants.
3. (3) While preparing any improvement scheme, the Board of Councillors shall abide by the Development Plan prepared by the State Government under any other law for the time being in force, and shall take into account the activities of other agencies or authorities affecting all or any of the matters referred to in sub-section (2), and may, for such purposes, call for any paper, map, document or data from such agencies or authorities who shall comply with such requisition.
4. (4) The approved improvement scheme shall be binding on the agencies and authorities referred to in sub-section (3), and the owners, occupiers, tenants and other residents within the slum.