Power to amend or alter the Local Area Plan

Power to amend or alter the Local Area Plan.-

1. (1) If at any time after the Local Area Plan comes into force, the Appropriate Authority is of the opinion that anything in the Local Area Plan requires to be amended or altered, the Appropriate Authority may make such a proposal of the variation, by passing a resolution.
2. (2) The Appropriate Authority shall, within 21 days from the date of resolution, invite objections and suggestions by publishing the variations in the Official Gazette.
3. (3) If within the period specified in sub-section
4. (2) any person communicates in writing to the Appropriate Authority, any suggestions or objections relating to the variations, the Appropriate Authority shall consider such suggestions or objections and then shall submit the same to the State Government along with its opinion on such objections or suggestions.
5. (4) In case the State Government is satisfied that the variations submitted by the Appropriate Authority are not substantial, the State Government may sanction as it is or refuse to sanction by publishing a notification in the Official Gazette, otherwise, if the State Government is of the opinion that modifications are required in the proposal of the variation sent by the Appropriate Authority, the State Government shall invite suggestions and objections, published in the Official Gazette, for the modifications it may consider fit.
6. (5) The draft modifications shall be open to the inspection of the public at the head office of the Appropriate Authority and at the office of the Deputy Commissioner of the district during office hours.
7. (6) Within one month of the date of publication of the draft modification under sub-section (5), any person affected thereby may communicate in writing any objections to such modification to the State Government through the Deputy Commissioner and send a copy thereof to the Appropriate Authority.
8. (7) After receiving the objections under sub-section (6), the State Government may, after consulting the Appropriate Authority and after making such an inquiry as it may think fit, by notification-
   • (a) Make the variation with or without modification, or
   • (b) Refuse to make the variation.
9. (8) From the date of the notification of making the variation, with or without modification, such a variation shall take effect as it was incorporated in the Local Area Plan.