Bare ActsThe Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 1985

Section 21

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(1) Immediately after the plan and Zoning Wans and Regulations have been approved by the State Govern- guiIationsRe"m e n t’ ^ e Authority shall publish in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations, a notice stating that a plan has been approved and naming a place where a copy of the plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours and upon the date of the first publication of the aforesaid notice, the plan shall come into operation. (2) After the coming into operation of the Master Plan and Zoning Regulation, it shall be the duty of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation or any other local authority, within whose jurisdiction such area or zone is situated to enforce such regulatory measures in supersession of the rules and regula­ tions, if any, applicable to such area or zone. ■ .. I THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRA-ORDINARY, NOV. 14, 1987 909 Modification 22. (1) The Authority may make anv modifica- terS^lndtions to the Master Plan and Zoning Regulations the Zoning as it thinks fit. being modifications which, in its Regulations. Opjn -Or[^ j 0 n Q t eg-e c t important alterations in the character of the plan and which do not relate to the extent of land uses or the standards of popu­ lation^ density. (2) The State Government may make any modi­ fications to the Master Plan and Zoning Regula­ tion whether such modifications are of the nature specified in sub-section (1) or otherwise. (3) Before making any modifications to the Plan, the Authority or, as the case may be, the State Government shall publish a notice in such form and manner as may be prescribed by rules made in this behalf inviting objections and suggestions from any person with respect to the proposed modi- , fications before such date as may be specified in the notice and shall consider all objections and suggestions that may be received by the Authority or the . State Government. (4) Every modification made under the pro- sions of this section shall be published in such manner as the Authority or the State Government, as the ease may be, may specify and the modi­ fications shall come into operation either on the date of the publication or on such other date as the Authority or the State Government may fix. (5) When the Authority makes any modifica­ tions to the Plan under sub-section (1), it shall report to the State Government the full particulars of such modifications within z thirty days of the elate on which such modifications come into operation. (6) If any question qrises whether the modi­ fications proposed to be made by the Authority are modifications which effect important alterations in the character of the plan or whether they relate to the extent of land-uses or the standards of popu­ lation density, it shall be referred to the State Government whose decision thereon shall be final. Restriction 23- After the coming into operation of any tand^'awi Master Plan jn any area under sub-section (1) of buildings Section 21, no person or body (including a depart- tcr publics- me-' of State or Central Government cz the local don of the autnority) shall use or permit to be used any land, Master p!an’sub-divide any land by transfer, by way of gift, sale, partition or any other manner the whole or any part of the land, dr setup any new structure on any land covered by the Plan or change the existing structure or any building or use of any building or land within the area covered by the Plan except with permission of the Guwahati Met­ ropolitan Development Authority on a written appli­ cation submitted for the purpose- of°deveton ^4- After the coming into force of this Act, ment with- no development, institution or change of use of any °sionPermi" ^a n d b® undertaken or carried out within the Guwahati Metropolitan Area without obtaining the permission in writing from the Authority as provided for here-in-after : Provided that no such permission shall be necessary— (i) for the carrying cut such works for the maintenance, improvement or other altera­ tion of any building which effect only the interior of the building or which do not materially effect the structural and external appearance of the building; (ii) for the carrying out by the Central or the State Government or any local authority of any works required for the maintenance or improvement of a highway, road or public street, being works carried out on land within the boundaries of such highway, read or public street; (iii) for the carrying out by the Central or the State Government or any local authority of any works for the purpose of inspecting, repairing or renewing any drains, sewers, mains, pipes, cables or other apparatus including the breaking open of any street or other land for that purpose; 91 1 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRA-ORDINARY, NOV. 14, 1987 (iv) for the cxcavatic n (including wells) made in the ordinary course of agricultural operations; (v) fcr the construction cf unmetalled road in­ tended to give access to land solely for agricultural purposes.