Chapter VI PROCEDURE FOR APPROVAL AND PREPARATION OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN

1. (1) As soon as may be, after the development plan has been submitted to the Board and the State Governmenr, but nol later than the time prescribed by the rules, the Srate Government may direct the pIanning authority lo make such modifications in the dcvclopment plan as the State government thinks fit and thereupon the planning authority shall make thcsc moditkations .
2. (2) Thc State Government shall, after the modifications, if any, directed by it, havc becn made, give its consent to the publication of a public notice undel- sub-section
   • (I) of section 23, of the preparation oi the developmentn plan to the planning authority.

1. (1) As soon as may be, afccr rhc planning authority has received the consent of the State Government to the publication of the notice under sub-section
2. (2) of section 22, the planning authority shall publish the public notice in the Official Gazette and in one or more locaI newspapers, of the preparation of the development plan and the place or places where copies of the same may be inspected, inviting objections in writing from any person with respect to the dcvclopment plan within such period as may be specified in the notice : Provided that such period shall not be less than two months from the date of pubIication of the notice in the Official Gazette.
3. (2) After the expiry of the perid mentioned in sub-scction
4. (1) he planning authority shall appoint a corn~nittee consisting of d~e Town Planning Officer and not owre rhan two of its other members, to consider the objections tiled under sub-sccljon
   • (I) and reporr on them within such time as the planning authority may fix in this behalf.
5. (3) The committee so appointed shall have power to co-opt any other person, such co-option being subject to thc provision of section 13.
6. (4) Such committee shall aIiow a reasonable opportunity of being heard, LO any person, including represen tarivcs of Government departments or local authoritics who has filed any objcction, and who has madc a request ior being so heard.
7. (5) As soon as may be, after the receipt of the repofl From the committee, bul nor Later rhan the time prescribed by the rulcs, the planning authority shall consider the rcport of the committee and may make such amendments in the development plan as it considers proper, and shall submit the dcvclopment plan, with or without moditications, together with the report of the commitlee, to the Board and to the State Government.

As soon as may be, after the submission of the development plan, but not later than rhe ti mc prescribed by the rules, the State Governmenl after consulting the Board, may, cither approve the development plan or may approve it with such modifications, as it may consider necessary, or may return the development plan to the planning authority to modify the plan or to prepare a fresh plan in accordance with such directions as the Stale Government may issue in this bchalf .

Coming into operation of the development plan.

1. (1) Immediately after the devclopmen~ plan has been approved by [he State Government, the planning authority shall publish a public notice in the Official Gazette and in a local newspaper, of the approval of the development plan and the place or places where copies of the development plan may be inspected .
2. (2) From the date oC publication of the aforesaid notice in the Official Gazette the development plan shall come into operation .
3. (3) After the coming into operation of the Comprehensive Development Plan, the Outline Development Plan shall stand modified or a1 tcrcd to the extent thc proposals in the Comprehensive Development Plan are at variance with the Outline Development Plan.
4. (4) A tlevefopment plan shall not, either before or after it has been approved, be questioner1 in any manner in an)! legal proceedings whatsocver

1. (1) At any time after the date on which the development plan for an area comes into operation, and at least once in every ten years after that date the planning authority shall, after carrying out such fresh surveys as may be considered necessary or directed by the Board and the State Government, prepare after consultation with the local authorities concerned, if any, and submit to the Board and the State Government, a development plan for any alteration or additions considered necessary by the planning authority to the development plan in operation.
2. (2) The provisions of sections 23, 24 and 25 with such modifications as may be necessary shall apply to such a development plan.
3. (3) At any time after the date on which the development plan for an area comes into operation, the planning authority may, with the prior approval of the State Government, make such minor changes in the development plan as may be necessitated by typographical and cartographical errors and omissions, details of proposals not fully indicated in the plan or changes arising out of the implementation of the proposals in the development plan, Provided that -
   • (a) all such changes are in the public interest, and
   • (b) all such changes are notified to the public.

If the State Government is satisfied that a grave emergency exists which necessitates the suspension of any development plan or part of any development plan, it may, by a notification in the Official Gazette, suspend any development plan or any part of it.