DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITEE ACT, 1999

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 THE UTTAR PRADESH DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE 

 ACT, 19991 

(U. P. Act No. 32 of 1999) 

 Amended by 

U. P. Act No. 48 of 2007 

U.P. Act No. 24 of 2024 

 [As passed by Uttar Pradesh Legislature and assented to by 

the Governor on July 29, 1999 and published in Uttar Pradesh 

Gazette Extraordinary on July 29, 1999.] 

to provide for the constitution of District Planning Committee at 

the district level for consolidation of plans prepared by the panchayats 

and the Municipalities in the district and preparation of draft 

development plan for the district as a whole and for matters connected 

therewith or incidental thereto.  

AN 

ACT 

 IT IS HEREBY enacted in the Fiftieth Year of the Republic of 

India as follows :— 

Short title and 
commencement 

1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh District 

Planning Committee Act, 1999. 

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on May 19, 

1999. 

Definitions   2. In this Act, — 

(a) “Assembly rolls” means the electoral rolls of any 

constituency of the Legislative Assembly prepared under and 

according to the provisions of the Representation of the 

People Act, 1950 ; 

(b) “Committee” means the District Planning Committee 

constituted under section 3 ; 

 

 
 
 

(c) “District level officer” means such officer of the district 

as the State Government may, by notification, specify ;   

(d) “Kshettra Panchayat” means a Kshettra Panchayat 

established under section 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra 

Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 ; 

 (e) “Minister” means a member of the Council of Ministers 

of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and includes a Minister 

of State and a Deputy Minister ; 

 (f) “Municipality” means a Municipal Corporation, a 

Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat constituted under 

the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 or the Uttar 

Pradesh Municipal Co-operation Act, 1959, as the case may 

be ;  

 (g) “Population” means the population as ascertained at 

the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have 

been published ; 

(h) “rural area” means an area other than urban area ; 

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  (i) “urban area” means the territorial area of a Municipal 

Corporation, Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat, as the 

case may be ;  

 (j) “Zila Panchayat” means a Zila Panchayat established 

under section 17 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and 

Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961.  

Constitution 

of District 
Planning 
Committee  

3. (1) There shall be constituted in every district a District 

Planning Committee, to consolidate the plans prepared by the 

Panchayats and Municipalities in the district and to prepare a draft 

development plan for the district as a whole.  

 (2) The Committee shall in preparing the draft development plan,— 

(a) have regard to ,—   

 (i) matters of common interest between the Panchayats and 

Municipalities including spatial planning, sharing of water and 

other physical and natural resources, the integrated 

development of infrastructure and environmental conservation ;  

 (ii) the extent and type of available resources whether 

financial or otherwise ; 

(b) consult such institutions and organizations as the 

Governor may, by order, specify.    

Composition 

of District 
Planning 
Committee  

4. (1) Every Committee shall consist of such number of 

members as may be prescribed : 

Provided that the number of members [shall not be more than 

forty]1.   

 

 

 

(2) Four-fifths of the total number of members of the Committee 

shall be elected in the prescribed manner by, and from amongst, the 

elected members of the Zila Panchayat and of the Municipalities in the 

district in proportion to the ratio between the population of the rural 

areas and of the urban areas in the district.   

 (3) Where the urban area of the district comprises more than 

one Municipality, the number of members of the committee from 

amongst the elected members such Municipalities shall be described 

amongst such Municipalities in such manner as may be prescribed.  

 (4) The remaining one-fifth members of the Committee shall 

be,— 

(a) a Minister nominated by the State Government, who 

shall be the Chairperson of the Committee ; 

 (b) the Adhyaksha of the Zila Panchayat ; 

(c) [ x x x ]2 
 

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1. Subs. by sec.  2(a)  of  U. P. Act no. 48 of 2007. 

2. Omitted by sec. 2(b) of U.P. Act no. 48, 2007. 



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 (d) District Magistrate-ex-officio ; 

(e) such other members as may be nominated by the State 

Government subject to the condition that the number of 

members under this sub-section shall not exceed one-fifth of the 

total members of the Committee.  

 (5) A member nominated under clause (e) of section 4 shall hold 

office during the pleasure of the Governor.   

(6) No member of the Committee shall nominate any person as 

his representative to attend a meeting of the Committee on his behalf.   

 (7) An elected member of the Committee shall cease to be 

member thereof if he ceases to be member of the Municipality or Zila 

Panchayat, as the case may be.  

 (8) If the office of an elected member of the Committee falls 

vacant owing to his death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy shall be 

filled for the residue of his term in the manner provided under sub-

section (2).  

Vacancies 

etc. not to 
invalidate 
proceedings 
of the 
Committee 

5. No act or proceeding of the Committee shall be invalid merely 

on the ground of the existence of any vacancy or defect in the 

constitution of the Committee. 

Permanent 
invitees to 
the 
Committee 

6. (1) Members of the House of the People and members of the 

Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which are 

comprised wholly or partly in the district shall be permanent invitees to 

the meetings of the Committee.  

 (2) Members of the Legislative Council of the State representing 

graduate or teachers or local bodies constituencies which are comprised 

wholly or partly in the district shall also be permanent invitees to the 

meetings of the Committee.  

 
(3) Members of the Legislative Council of the State elected by the 

member of Legislative Assembly of the State or nominated by the 

Governor shall also be permanent invitees to the meetings of the 

Committee of a district of their choice. 

1[(4) Members of Council of States representing the State shall also 

be permanent invitee to the meetings of the Committee of a district of 

their choice. Besides this, the Gram Pradhan of two Gram Panchayats of 

a district shall also be permanent invitee to the meeting of District 

Planning Committee for one year. The selection of Gram Pradhan shall 

be done in the following manner:- 

(a) Two Gram Pradhans selected by the District Magistrate 

according to the process given below shall be permanent invitees 

for the meetings of the District Planning Committee of the 

concerned district for one year by rotation. 

(b) The rotation cycle for selection of Gram Pradhans will 

run as follows:-  

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(i) The District Magistrate shall select two Development Blocks 

on the basis of Hindi alphabetical order every year and two Gram 

Panchayats having highest population shall be selected. The Gram 

Pradhan of each of the Gram Panchayats so selected from each of 

the two Development Blocks would be selected/nominated for one 

year. At the expiry of one year from their nomination, the next two 

Development Blocks as per Hindi alphabetical order would be 

selected in place of earlier selected blocks. The District Magistrate 

shall select/nominate two Gram Panchayats having the largest 

population in these blocks for a period of one year on rotation basis. 

(ii) The aforesaid procedure shall continue to be followed for 

the upcoming years till such time as all the Development Blocks 

have been selected as per Hindi alphabetical order and one full 

cycle has been completed. Thereafter, the aforesaid shall be 

repeated and a Gram Pradhan of a Gram Panchayat from each of 

the next selected two Development Blocks shall be selected/ 

nominated. 

(iii) If there is change in population of the Development Blocks 

due to any reason or delineation of their boundaries, even then 

formerly selected Development Blocks/Gram Panchayats shall not 

be repeated (except when the rotational cycle is complete).]1 

 
(5) No permanent invitee shall nominate a person as his 

representative to attend a meeting of the committee on his behalf : 

 
Provided that where a permanent invitee, who is not a member 

of the Council of Ministers of the Government of India or the 

Government of Uttar Pradesh has been required to attend such 

meeting in two or more district on the same day, he may nominate a 

person as his representative to attend the meeting of the committee of 

a district in which he is not in a position to attend such meeting :  

 
Provided further that where a permanent invitee, who is a 

member of the Council of Minister of the Government of India or the 

Government of Uttar Pradesh, has been required to attend such 

meeting, he may nominate a person as his representative to attend the 

meeting of the committee if he is not in a position to attend such 

meeting. 

Secretary of 

the 
Committee 

7. (1) The Chief Development Officer of the district shall be the 

ex-officio secretary of the Committee and shall be responsible for 

maintaining records of the Committee, preparing minutes of meetings 

of the Committee, and communication of decision and all other 

incidental or ancillary matters and shall make available to the 

Committee such assistance as may be necessary for the discharge of 

its functions.  

 Explanation :— For the purpose of this sub-section, the 

expression “Chief Development Officer” includes Chief Executive 

Officer. 

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 (2) The Economic and Statistics Officer of the district shall be 

the ex-officio Joint Secretary of the Committee to assist the Committee 

in such manner as may be directed by the Committee.   

Election of 
members of 
the 
Committee  

8. The State Election Commission shall have superintendence, 

direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the 

conduct of, elections of the members of the Committee in such manner 

as may be prescribed. 

Functions of 
the 
Committee 

9. The Committee shall perform the following functions, 

namely:— 

(a) to identify local needs and objectives within the frame 

work of national and state plan objectives ; 

 (b) to collect, compile and update information relating to 

natural and human resources of the district to create a sound 

data base for decentralized planning and preparation of district 

and block resources profiles :  

 
(c) to list and map amenities at village, block and district 

levels; 

(d) to determine policies, programmes and priorities for 

development of the district, in order to ensure maximum and 

judicious utilization and exploitation of available natural and 

human resources ;  

 
(e) to modify or amend and consolidate the draft Five Year 

or Annual Development plan prepared for the rural and urban 

areas, keeping in view the over-all plan objectives and 

strategies;  

 
(f) to submit development plan to the State Government in 

such manner as may be prescribed ; 

(g) to prepare employment plan for the district ;  

(h) to prepare estimate of financial resources for financing 

the district plan ; 

 
(i) to allocate sectoral and sub-sectoral outlays within the 

overall frame work of the district development plan ; 

 
(j) to monitor, evaluate and review progress under the 

schemes and programmes being implemented in the district 

under the decentralized planning framework including central 

sector and centrally sponsored schemes, and the Local Area 

Development Schemes of Parliamentary Constituencies and 

Assembly Constituencies;  

 (k) to submit regular progress reports to the State 

Government in respect of schemes included in the district 

plans ; 

(l) to identify schemes and programmes which require 

institutional finance, device appropriate forward and backward 

linkages with the plans and ensure requisite flow of such 

investment ;   



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 (m) to ensure participation of voluntary organizations in 

the overall development process ; 

(n) to make suggestions and recommendations to the State 

Government with regard to the State sector schemes having 

significant bearing on the process of development of the district 

to finalize site selection for different works and schemes ;    

 (o) any other functions which may be entrusted by the 

State Government.   

Scope of the 
district plan   

10. (1) The District Plan shall include subjects enumerated in 

the United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act, 1947, and the Uttar Pradesh 

Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 for the 

rural area, or the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 or the Uttar 

Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 for urban areas, as the case 

may be.  

 (2) The district plan may also include such other matters as 

may be considered necessary by the Committee or as the State 

Government may, by order, direct.   

District Plan 
Ceilling  

11.  (1) The State Government shall enquire into an estimate 

the financial resources for financing the District Plan and shall decide 

the district plan outlay ceiling accordingly.  

 (2) The District Plan outlay ceiling fixed under section (1) may 

be revised or altered at any time during the financial year by the State 

Government.   

Finalization 

of the 
district plan 

12.  The Committee shall finalize the draft development plan 

for the district.   

Allocation of 
money to 

districts  

13.  (1) For the purposes of the implementation of district plan. 

The State Government may, subject to District Plan outlay ceiling, 

makes district-wise provisions for money in its annual financial 

statement and after due appropriation thereof shall allocate in  

lump-sum to the district.    

 
(2) Subject to the supervision and control of the State 

Government. The District Magistrate shall have power to accord 

financial sanctions for the District Plan Finalized under section 12.  

 
(3) Subject to the District Plan outlay ceiling fixed by the State 

Government, the committee may after, revised or modified outlay of the 

schemes and programmes of the District Plan and the District 

Magistrate may reallocate the money in the manner prescribed.   

Resolution of 

Dispute 
14.  If any dispute or question arisen in relation to function, 

powers or jurisdiction of the committee or in relation to any other 

matter, the dispute or question shall be referred to the State Planning 

Commission whose decision thereon shall be final.  

Meetings of 
the 
Committee 

15.  (1) The meeting of the Committee shall be held at least 

once in every quarter at the District Headquarter on such date and 

time as may be fixed by the Chairperson. 



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 (2) The Committee may invite experts to attend its meeting on 

such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.   

 (3) In the absence of the chairperson, such other member of the 

committee as may be chosen by the members of the committee present 

in the meetings shall preside over the meeting of the committee.  

Sub-
Committees  

16. The Committee may constitute sub-committees to 

discharge any of its functions under this Act.  

Power of the 
State 
Government 
to assign 

functions to 
the 
committee  

17.  The State Government may, by order, assign to the 

Committee such functions relating to the district planning, co-

ordination and monitoring covering the activities of different 

departments of the State Government as may be deemed necessary. 

Protection of 
action taken 

in good faith 

18.  No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie 

against any person for anything which is in good faith done or 

intended to be done, in pursuance of this Act or the rules made 

thereunder. 

Power to 
make rules 

19.  The State Government may by notification, make rules for 

carrying out the purpose of this Act.  

Committee 
to regulate 
its procedure 

20.  Subject to any rule made by the State Government, the 

committee shall regulate its own procedure.   

Power to 
remove 

difficulties 

21. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 

this Act, the State Government may, by a notified order, make such 

provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to 

it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty. 

 (2) No order under sub-section (1) shall be made after the 

expiry of the period of two years from the date of the commencement of 

this Act.  

 (3) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall, as soon  

as  may  be  after  it  is  made, be  laid before  both Houses of the State 

Legislature and the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 23-A of the 

Uttar Pradesh General Clauses Act, 1904 shall apply as they apply in 

respect of rules made by the State Government under any Uttar 

Pradesh Act.  

Overriding 
effect 

22.  Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in any 

other law for the time being in force the provisions of this Act shall 

apply in all matters including constitution of the committee and 

election of members thereof, formulation of plan and other matters 

incidental or consequential thereto. 

Repeal and 
savings  

23.  (1) The Uttar Pradesh District Planning 

Committee Ordinance, 1999 is hereby repealed. 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or 

any action taken under the provisions of the Ordinance 

referred to in sub-section (1) shall be deemed to have been 

done or taken under the corresponding provisions of this 

Act as if the provisions of this Act were in force at all 

material times.  

U.P. 

Ordinance 

no. 9 of 

1999 

 



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STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS 

 

In order to activate the District Planning Committees in the State it has been 

decided to amend the Uttar Pradesh District Planning Committee Act, 1999 (U.P. Act 

no. 32 of 1999) to provide for omitting the restriction of minimum number of members 

in constitution of Committees and abolishing the membership of Nagar Pramukh or 

President of the Municipality from the Committee situated at the Headquarter of a 

district. 

The Uttar Pradesh District Planning Committee (Amendment) Bill, 2007 is 

introduced accordingly. 

 

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