(1) An improvement scheme may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely :—
(a) the acquisition by agreement or under 1[the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re-settlement Act, 2013 (93 of 2013)] of any property necessary for or affected by the execution of the scheme ;
(b) the relaying out of any land comprised in the scheme ;
(c) the redistribution of sites belonging to owners of property comprised in the scheme ;
(d) the closure or demolition of building or portions of buildings unfit for human habitation ;
(e) the demolition of obstructive buildings or portions thereof ;
(f) the construction and reconstruction of buildings ;
(g) the construction and alteration of streets ;
(h) the water supply, street lighting, drainage and other conveniences ;
(i) the provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks, garden, play-ground ;
(j) the sanitary arrangements required for the area comprised in the scheme ;
(k) the provision of accommodation for any class of the inhabitants ;
(l) the provision of facilities for communication ;
(m) the sale, letting or exchange of any property comprised in the scheme ;
(n) urban forestry, protection of the environment and promotion of ecological aspects ;
(o) urban property elevation ;
(p) promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects ;
(q) cattle pounds, prevention of cruelty to animals ;
(r) public amenities including street light, parking lots, bus stops and public conveniences ; and
(s) any other matter for which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, it is expedient to make provision with a view to the improvement of the area to which the scheme relates.
(2) Where any land is designated in an improvement scheme as subject to acquisition or is required by the scheme to be kept as an open space, then, if at the expiration of ten years from the date of sanction of the scheme by the Government under sub-section (2) of section 334 the land is not acquired by the Commissioner, the owner of the land may serve on the Commissioner, a notice requiring his interest in the land to be so acquired.
(3) If the Commissioner, fails to acquire the land within a period of six months from the receipt of the notice, the improvement scheme shall have no effect after the expiration of the said six months as if the land were not designated as subject to acquisition by the Commissioner or were not required to be kept as an open space.
(a) the acquisition by agreement or under 1[the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Re-settlement Act, 2013 (93 of 2013)] of any property necessary for or affected by the execution of the scheme ;
(b) the relaying out of any land comprised in the scheme ;
(c) the redistribution of sites belonging to owners of property comprised in the scheme ;
(d) the closure or demolition of building or portions of buildings unfit for human habitation ;
(e) the demolition of obstructive buildings or portions thereof ;
(f) the construction and reconstruction of buildings ;
(g) the construction and alteration of streets ;
(h) the water supply, street lighting, drainage and other conveniences ;
(i) the provision of urban amenities and facilities such as parks, garden, play-ground ;
(j) the sanitary arrangements required for the area comprised in the scheme ;
(k) the provision of accommodation for any class of the inhabitants ;
(l) the provision of facilities for communication ;
(m) the sale, letting or exchange of any property comprised in the scheme ;
(n) urban forestry, protection of the environment and promotion of ecological aspects ;
(o) urban property elevation ;
(p) promotion of cultural, educational and aesthetic aspects ;
(q) cattle pounds, prevention of cruelty to animals ;
(r) public amenities including street light, parking lots, bus stops and public conveniences ; and
(s) any other matter for which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, it is expedient to make provision with a view to the improvement of the area to which the scheme relates.
(2) Where any land is designated in an improvement scheme as subject to acquisition or is required by the scheme to be kept as an open space, then, if at the expiration of ten years from the date of sanction of the scheme by the Government under sub-section (2) of section 334 the land is not acquired by the Commissioner, the owner of the land may serve on the Commissioner, a notice requiring his interest in the land to be so acquired.
(3) If the Commissioner, fails to acquire the land within a period of six months from the receipt of the notice, the improvement scheme shall have no effect after the expiration of the said six months as if the land were not designated as subject to acquisition by the Commissioner or were not required to be kept as an open space.
Source footnotes
1. Substituted for “the State Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990” by S.O. 3466 of 2020 dated 05.10.2020.आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
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