section 193
Powers of committee to sanction or refuse erection or re-erection of building
The Punjab Municipal Act, 1911Chapter X Chapter X
(1) The committee or the Executive Officer as the case may be, shall refuse to sanction the erection or re-erection of any building in contravention of any bye-law made under sub-section (1) of section 190 or in contravention of any scheme sanctioned under sub- section (3) or sub section (4) of Section 192 unless it be necessary to sanction the erection of a building in contravention of such a scheme owing to the committee’s inability to pay compensation as required by section 174 for the setting back of a building. (1-a) When the erection or re-erection of a building is likely, in the opinion of the Committee or the Executive Officer, as the case may be to interfere with the enforcement of a scheme proposed under section 192, the Committee may refuse its sanction and in such case shall communicate its refusal in writing together with the grounds therefor, to the applicant within sixty days of the receipt of his application, and the applicant may thereafter by written notice require the committee to proceed with the preparation of the proposed scheme with all possible speed. The application shall be deemed to have been sanctioned if an order of refusal is not passed by the committee or the Executive Officer as the case may be within the time specified above, or if the proposed scheme has not received the sanction of the State Government within twelve months of the date of delivery of the applicant’s written notice hereinbefore referred to : Provided that should a resolution refusing such sanction be suspended under section 232, the period prescribed above shall commence to run afresh from the date of communication of final orders by the State Government under section 235. Explanation:- A scheme shall be deemed to have been proposed under section 192 if a requisition for its preparation has been received by the committee from the Deputy Commissioner or if the preparation of the scheme is under the consideration of the committee.(2) The committee or Executive Officer, as the case may be may refuse, to sanction the erection or re-erection of any building for any other reason, to be communicated in writing to the applicant, which it or he as the case may be deems to be just and sufficient as affecting such building, be if the land, on which it is proposed to erect or re-erect such building is vested in the government or in the committee, and the consent of the Government concerned or, as the case may be, of the committee has not been obtained, or if the title to the land is in dispute between such person and the committee or any Government.(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) the committee or the Executive Officer, as the case may be may sanction the erection or re- erection of any building either absolutely or subject to such modifications in accordance with the bye-laws and rules as it or he as the case may be may deem fit.(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) or sub- section (2) but subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 190 and sub section (1-a) of this section if the committee or the Executive Officer as the case may be neglects or omits within sixty days of the receipt from any person of a valid notice of such person’s intention to erect or re- erect a building, or within one hundred and twenty days, if the notice relates to a building on the same or part of the same site, on which sanction for the erection of a building has been refused within the previous twelve months, to pass orders sanctioning or refusing to sanction such erection or re-erection, such erection or re- erection shall, unless the land on which it is proposed to erect
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