Prohibition against commencement of work without permission

The construction or reconstruction of a hut shall not be begun unless and until the Commissioner has granted permission for the execution of the work on an application sent to him under section 305. The section came into force on the 12th day of September, 1974 vide Extraordinary Gazette No. 122 dated 12th September 1974.

• • 307. Period within which Commissioner is to grant or refuse to grant permission to execute the work.- Within fourteen days after the receipt of any application made under section 305 for permission to construct or reconstruct a hut or of any information or plan or further information or fresh plan required by the rules or bye-laws, the Commissioner shall, by order in writing, either grant such permission or refuse on one or more of the grounds mentioned in section 309 to grant it.
• • 308. Reference to the standing committee or council if Commissioner delays passing orders.- (1) If, within the period prescribed by section 307, the Commissioner has neither granted nor refused to grant permission to construct or reconstruct a hut the standing committee or if no such committee has been constituted the council, shall be bound, on the written request of the applicant to determine by order in writing whether such permission should be granted or not.

1. (2) If the standing committee or as the case may be, the council does not, within thirty days from the receipt of such request determine whether such permission should be granted or not, such permission shall be deemed to have been granted and the applicant may proceed to execute the work but not so as to contravene any of the provisions of this Act or any rules or bye-laws made thereunder.