Chapter II PLANNING AREAS AND REGIONS

Planning areas and regions.-

1. (1) The State Government, may by notification:-
   • (a) declare any region in the State to be planning area or planning region for the purposes of this Act;
   • (b) define the limits of such area or region and specify the name by which such area or region shall be known: Provided that the State may prescribe the manner in which such a planning area or region is notified, altered or renamed, having due regard to the local authorities comprising such regions and duly providing the opportunity to the residents therein of being heard.
2. (2) The State Government in consultation with the Planning Committee, as the case may be, by notification -
   • (a) alter the limits of area or region so as to include therein or exclude there from such area or region as may be specified in the notification;
   • (b) amalgamate two or more areas or regions so as to form one area or region;
   • (c) divide any area or region into two or more areas or regions, or
   • (d) declare that the whole or part of the areas or regions comprising an area or region shall cease to be area or region or part thereof: Provided that following any such alteration, any reference in any law or instrument or other document to the area or region shall be deemed as renamed in consonance with such alteration.