Appointment of Chief Town & Country Planner and constitution of Mizoram Urban Planning & Development Board or Committee

[Appointment of Chief Town & Country Planner and constitution of Mizoram Urban Planning & Development Board or Committee] 3. [(1) On and from the commencement of this Act, the State Government shall, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint possessing the prescribed qualifications in Town & Country Planning as the Chief Town & Country Planner to perform the functions assigned to him under this Act for the State and may appoint such categories of officers and staff which may be necessary for the discharge of the duties and the functions of the Board of Committee]1

1. (2) [The Chief Town & Country Planner]1 shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as are conferred or imposed upon him by or under this Act and the Officers or staff to assist within such area or region as the State Government may specify, exercise such powers and perform such duties conferred and imposed on the [Chief Town & Country Planner]1 by or under this Act, as the State Government may, by special or general order, direct.
2. (3) The Officers and staff appointed to assist the [Chief Town & Country Planner]1 shall be subordinate to him and shall work under his guidance, supervision and control. [(4) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a State Urban Planning and Development Board for the whole of the State of Mizoram and for the District, City or Town Planning & Development Committees as the case may be, such Board or Committees with such members and in such manner as may be prescribed by the Government under this Act to advise State Government in regard to the spatial and economic planning and development and for determining principles and policies under this Act with a view to achieving balance and co-ordinated development of the cities, towns and regions as a whole; and to assist the Board in matters of Development Plan preparation and its implementation]1.
3. (5) [Deleted]1
4. (6) [Deleted]1
5. (7) The head of office of the [Chief Town & Country Planner]1 shall be at the Capital of the State of Mizoram.
6. (8) The [Chief Town & Country Planner]1 may with the prior approval of the Government, establish different areas or regions or Sub-division or project or Block or District,Division,Circle and maintain branch offices : [(9) The ‘Mizoram Urban Planning and Development Board’ shall consist of the following members, namely –
   • (a) Chief Minister -- Chairman
   • (b) Minister in charge of Local Admn. -- Vice-Chairman Deptt. (Urban Planning & Deve- Lopment), Mizoram
   • (c) Chief Secretary, Mizoram -- Member
   • (d) Development Commissioner -- Member
   • (e) Commissioner & Secretary, Finance -- Member
   • (f) Secretary, Land & Revenue Settlement, Mizoram -- Member
   • (g) Secretary, Local Administration De- -- Member partment (Urban Planning & Deve- lopment), Mizoram
   • (h) Secretary, Law & Judicial, Mizoram -- Member
     • (i) Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, -- Member Environment & Forest Deptt., Mizoram
   • (j) Chief Engineer, Public Health -- Member Engineering Deptt. Mizoram
   • (k) Chief Engineer, Power & Electricity -- Member Deptt. Mizoram.
   • (l) Chief Engineer, Public Works Deptt. -- Member Mizoram.
   • (m) Director, Health & Family Welfare -- Member Deptt. Mizoram
   • (n) Director, Local Administration Deptt. -- Member Mizoram
   • (o) Director, Geology & Mining, Deptt. of -- Member Industries
   • (p) One MLA from each Dist. nominated -- Member by the Hon’ble Speaker, Mizoram Legislative Assembly.
   • (q) Two prominent Citizens to be nomi- -- Member nated by the State Government.
   • (r) President of Central Young Mizo -- Member Association representing Voluntary Organisation. Chief Town & Country Planner, -- Member Local Administration Department Secretary (Urban Planning & Development), Mizoram.
7. (10) The ‘District Planning and Development Committee’ shall consist of the following members –
   • (a) Chairman to be appointed by the State Government;
   • (b) Not less than four-fifth of the total members of such committee shall be elected members of the Village Councils and the Municipalities in the district in proportion with the ratio between Urban and Rural population in the district or region.
   • (c) Persons to be appointed by the State Government having special knowledge on matters specified below :- Administration – provided that the Deputy Commissioner concerned may be appointed the Vice-Chairman, Person from Finance & Planning Department : Each District head of the following namely :- Public Health Engineering, Public Works Department, Power & Electricity,Environment & Forest, Agriculture/Horticulture, Industries, Health, Education, Sport, Land & Revenue, Geology.
   • (d) District Town & Country Planner to be appointed as Member-Spatial Planning shall be Member-Secretary of the Committee.
8. (11) The ‘City or Town Planning and Development Committee’ shall consist of the following member :-
   • (a) Chairman to appointed by the State Government
   • (b) Not less than two-thirds of the members of such committee shall be Chair-persons of the Village Councils in the proportion of population of the city or town and Village Councils;
   • (c) Persons to be appointed by the State Government having special knowledge on Finance, Engineering, Planning & Health matters : Persons to be appointed the Government from the following Departments, namely :- Public Health Engineering, Public Works Department, Land & Revenue, Power & Electricity, Industries, Transport, Geology, Education & Human Resources, Sport & Youth Services, Deputy Commissioner of the concerned City or Town ;
   • (d) [Town and Country Planner to be appointed as Member-Spatial Planning shall be the Member-Secretary of the Committee]1.