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The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2008

The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2008

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This Act establishes the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority to oversee planned urban development and infrastructure growth across the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. It applies to property owners, real estate developers, local government bodies, and residents within the designated metropolitan area. The legislation regulates land use, grants development permissions, manages land pooling schemes, coordinates transport systems through a dedicated transport authority, and levies development charges. It matters because it ensures orderly metropolitan expansion, integrates public utilities and transportation network planning, prevents unauthorized construction, and protects natural resources, ultimately fostering long-term economic development and improving the quality of life for residents.

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  1. 1. Short title and commencement
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Declaration of Hyderabad Metropolitan region
  4. 4. Constitution of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority
  5. 5. Constitution of Executive Committee
  6. 6. Powers & Functions of the Metropolitan Development Authority
  7. 7. Power of Metropolitan Development Authority to appoint Committees, engage auditors and consultants and constitute functional units.
  8. 8. Metropolitan Development Authority ordinarily not to provide for matters falling within obligatory and discretionary duties of local bodies except for integrated development of the Development Area.
  9. 9. Staff of the Metropolitan Development Authority.
  10. 9-A. Appointment of Officers and employees.
  11. 9-B. Constitution of Common Municipal Service.
  12. 10. Pension and Provident Fund.
  13. 11. Preparation and contents of Metropolitan Development Plan and Investment Plan.
  14. 12. Power to undertake preparation of Area Development Plans/Action Plans.
  15. 13. Submission of Plan to Government for sanction
  16. 14. Sanction of Plan by Government
  17. 15. Modifications to the Metropolitan Development Plan and Investment Plan
  18. 16. Constitution of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority
  19. 17. Powers and functions of the Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority
  20. 18. All development powers of land to vest with Metropolitan Development Authority
  21. 19. Development permission mandatory for undertaking development
  22. 20. Application for Land Development Permission
  23. 21. Lapse of Development Permission
  24. 22. Revoking of permission
  25. 23. Deviations during development/ undertaking of layout works and unauthorized development/ constructions
  26. 23-A. Regulation and penalization of buildings constructed unauthorizedly or in deviation of sanctioned plan
  27. 24. Land Pooling Scheme
  28. 25. Private Sector Land Pooling Scheme
  29. 26. Cost of Land Pooling Scheme
  30. 27. Notification and effect of Land Pooling Scheme
  31. 28. Power to undertake development scheme
  32. 29. Preparation of development scheme
  33. 30. Publication of area development plan/development scheme and approval
  34. 31. Power of the Metropolitan Development Authority in case of default
  35. 32. Power to acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
  36. 33. Transfer of Government lands to the Metropolitan Development Authority
  37. 34. Acquisition of land by way of Negotiated Settlement.
  38. 35. Acquisition of land by way of Transferable Development Right.
  39. 36. Acquisition of land and built up space by way of Accommodation Reservation.
  40. 37. Disposal of land and other property by the Metropolitan Development Authority.
  41. 38. Creation and management of Development Land Bank.
  42. 39. Creation of Metropolitan Development Fund.
  43. 40. Metropolitan Development Fund and its application.
  44. 41. Contribution by the Urban Local Authority.
  45. 42. Power to levy specific cess for capital infrastructure projects.
  46. 43. Budget of the Metropolitan Development Authority.
  47. 44. Annual and Plan Report.
  48. 45. Levy of Development Charge.
  49. 46. Assessment & Recovery of Development Charge.
  50. 47. Levy of user charges.
  51. 48. Recovery of arrears
  52. 49. Control by Government
  53. 50. Returns and information
  54. 51. Power of entry and power of Metropolitan Development Authority to demarcate alignments and reservations as per Statutory Plan
  55. 52. Power to delegate
  56. 53. Effect of other laws
  57. 54. Certain Plans already prepared and sanctioned deemed to have been prepared and sanctioned under this Act
  58. 55. Power to give directions
  59. 56. Power to make rules
  60. 57. Power to make regulations
  61. 58. Dissolution of Hyderabad Urban Development Authority and vesting in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority

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