The Puducherry Town and Country Planning Act, 1969
The Puducherry Town and Country Planning Act, 1969
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This law governs the planned development and use of urban and rural land across the Union territory of Puducherry. It applies to private property owners, developers, local authorities, and government agencies operating within designated planning areas. By establishing a central planning board and local planning authorities, the legislation mandates the creation of comprehensive land-use maps, zoning regulations, and development plans. It regulates building permissions, enforces development charges, and empowers authorities to prevent unauthorized construction. This Act matters because it ensures orderly growth, protects public health and safety, safeguards amenities, and provides a legal process for acquiring land and compensating owners for public development projects.
- 0. Preamble
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 3. Puducherry Town and Country Planning Board
- 4. Term of office and conditions of service of the Chairman and members of the Town and Country Planning Board
- 4A. No disqualification in certain cases
- 5. Functions and powers of the Board
- 6. Meetings of the Board
- 7. Appointment of Committees by the Board
- 8. Declaration of Planning areas, their amalgamation, sub-division and inclusion of any area with Planning area
- 9. Powers to withdraw a planning area from operation of this Act
- 10. Senior Town Planner
- 11. Planning Authorities
- 12. Functions and powers of the Planning Authority
- 13. Term of Office and conditions of service of the Chairman and members of the Planning Authorities
- 14. Meetings of Planning Authorities
- 15. Temporary association of persons with the Planning Authority for particular purposes
- 16. Staff of the Planning Authority
- 17. Preparation of Existing Land and Building Use Map and Register
- 18. Notice of the preparation of the Map and Register
- 19. Appeal to the Board
- 20. The power of the Government in case of default of the Planning Authority to prepare the Map and Register
- 21. Interim Development Plans
- 22. Comprehensive Development Plan
- 23. Power of the Government in case of default of Planning Authority to prepare Development Plan
- 24. Declaration of intention to make or adopt a Detailed Development Plan
- 25. Notification of Resolution to make or adopt Detailed Development Plan
- 26. Preparation and submission of the Detailed Development Plan
- 27. Preparation and submission of Detailed Development Plan on direction by the Government
- 28. Contents of Detailed Development Plan
- 29. Powers of Government in case of default of Planning Authority to prepare a Detailed Development Plan
- 30. Consent of the Government to the publication of notice of preparation of Development Plan
- 31. Public notice of the preparation of the Development Plan
- 32. Approval by the Government
- 33. Coming into operation of the Development Plan
- 34. Amendment of Development Plans
- 35. Suspension of plan in emergency by the Government
- 36. Use and development of land to be in conformity with Development Plan
- 37. Prohibition of development without payment of development charges and without permission
- 38. Appeal against grant of permission subject to conditions or refusal of permission
- 39. Lapse of permission
- 40. Obligation to acquire on refusal of permission, or on grant of permission in certain cases
- 41. Compensation for refusal of permission or grant of permission subject to conditions in certain cases
- 42. Power to revocation and modification of permission to develop
- 43. Penalty for unauthorised Development or for use otherwise than in conformity with the Development Plan
- 44. Power to require removal of unauthorised development
- 45. Power to stop unauthorised development
- 46. Power to require removal of unauthorised development or use
- 47. Power to make Building Bye-laws and Zoning Regulations
- 48. Acquisition of land for purposes of Development Plan to be deemed for a public purpose
- 49. Acquisition of land for Development Plan
- 50. Power of Government to acquire land included in the Development Plan
- 51. Amendment of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the purposes of acquisition
- 51A. Compensation for damage suffered in consequence of delay in making award
- 52. Disposal of land
- 53. Levy of Development Charge
- 54. Assessment of Development Charge
- 55. Appeals against assessment
- 56. Development Charge to be a charge on land and to be recovered as an arrear of land revenue
- 57. Funds of Planning Authority
- 58. Budget of the Planning Authority
- 59. Accounts and Audit
- 60. Annual reports
- 61. Power of entry
- 62. Service of notices, etc.
- 63. Public notice how to be made known
- 64. Notice, etc., to fix reasonable time
- 65. Authentication of orders and documents of the Board and the Planning Authority
- 66. Mode of proof of records of the Board and Planning Authority
- 67. Restrictions on the summoning of officers and servants of the Board or Planning Authority
- 68. Penalty for obstructing contractor or removing mark
- 69. Sanction of prosecution
- 70. Composition of offences
- 71. Jurisdiction of Courts
- 72. All fines realised in connection with prosecution under this Act shall be
- 73. Members and Officers to be public servants
- 74. Protection of action taken in good faith
- 75. Finality of orders
- 76. Validation of acts and proceedings
- 77. Returns and informations
- 79. Power to delegate
- 80. Control by the Government and the Board
- 81. Power to make rules
- 82. Power to make regulations
- 83. Repeals and savings
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