Power of State Government to sanction draft development plan

Power of State Government to sanction draft development plan.-

1. (1) On receipt of the draft Development Plan under section 17, the State Government may, by notification: -
   • (i) Sanction the draft Development Plan and the regulation so received, within the prescribed period, either without modification, or subject to such modification, as it may consider proper; or
   • (ii) Return the draft Development Plan and the regulations to the Appropriate Authority or, as the case may be, to the authorized Officer, for modifying the plan and the regulations in such manner as it may direct: Provided that, where the State Government is of the opinion that substantial modifications in the draft Development Plan and regulations are necessary, the State Government may publish the modifications in the Official Gazette along with a notice inviting suggestions or objections with respect to the proposed modifications within a period of two months from the date of publication of such notice; or
2. (2) Where a Development Plan and regulations are returned to an Appropriate Authority, or as the case may be, the authorized Officer under clause(ii) of sub-section (1), the Appropriate Authority, or as the case may be, the authorized Officer, shall carry out the modifications therein as directed by the State Government and submit it to the State Government for sanction.
3. (3) Where the State Government has published the modification in a draft Development Plan, the State Government shall, after taking into consideration the suggestions or objections, and thereafter accord sanction to the draft Development Plan and the regulations in such modified form as it may consider fit.
4. (4) The sanction accorded under clause
   • (i) or clause
   • (ii) shall be notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette and the draft Development Plan together with the regulations so sanctioned shall be called the final Development Plan.
5. (5) The final Development Plan shall come into force on such date as the State Government may specify in the notification issued under sub-section (4).
6. (6) After the final Development Plan comes into force, the Appropriate Authority concerned may execute any work for developing, re-developing or improving any area within the area covered by the plan in accordance with the proposals contained in the Development Plan.