Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Inquiry into and sanctioning of schemes.- (1) The State Government may, after the committee has prepared the scheme under section 4,- (a) appoint an Inquiry Officer, and (b) cause the scheme to be published in the manner prescribed inviting suggestions from persons affected by it and from the Gram Panchayat, if any, of the area to which the scheme relates within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) The State Government may, after considering the record of the inquiry and the report of the Inquiry Officer and after consulting the 6 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1973 committee concerned, either sanction the scheme with or without modification or reject it.