6. Insertion of new section 68-A, Rajasthan Act No. 18 of 2009.-

After the existing section 68 and before the existing section 69 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 (Act No. 18 of 2009), hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the principal Act, the following new section shall be inserted, namely:-

"68-A. Land to vest in the Municipality and its disposal.- (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (Act No. 15 of 1956), the land as defined in section 103 of that Act, excluding land referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of the said section and Nazul land placed at the disposal of a local authority under section 102-A of that Act in municipal area, immediately after establishment of the Municipality under section 5 of this Act, be deemed to have been placed at the disposal of and vested in the Municipality which shall take over such land for and on behalf of the State Government and may use the same for the purposes of this Act, and may dispose of the same subject to such conditions and restrictions as the State Government may, from time to time, lay down and in such manner, as it may, from time to time, prescribe:

Provided that the Municipality may dispose of any such land-

(a) without undertaking or carrying out any development thereon; or

(b) after undertaking or carrying out such development as it thinks fit, to such person, in such manner and subject to such covenants and conditions, as it may consider expedient to impose for securing development according to plan.

(2) No development of any land shall be undertaken or carried out except by or under the control and supervision of the Municipality.

(3) If any land vested in the Municipality is required at any time by the Development Authority or the Urban Improvement Trust, as the case may be, for carrying out its functions, or by State Government for any other purpose, the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, place such land at the disposal of the Development Authority or the Urban Improvement Trust or any department of State Government, as the case may be, on such terms and condition as may deemed fit.

(4) All land acquired by the Municipality, or by the State Government and transferred to the Municipality, shall be disposed of by the Municipality in the same manner as may be prescribed for land in sub-section (1).".