Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
No person shall construct any building with a dwelling unit havinga plinth area,— (a) \vhere the building proposed to be constructed is situated in an urban agglomeration falling within category A or category B specified in Schedule I, in excess o1 three hundred square metres; (b) where the building proposed to be constructed is situated in an urban agglomeration halting within category C or category D specified in Schedule I, in excess of five hundred square metres. 3i). (1) Where theconstruction ofa building has been commenced on or after the commencement ofthis Act, and is carried on and completed in contravention of the provisions of section 29, the competent authority having jurisdiction over the area in which the building is situated may make an order directing that such construction shall be demolished, either wholly or partly, or modified by the person at whose instance the construction has been commenced and isbeing carried on and completed, to the extent such demolition or modification does not contravene the provisions of that section, within such period trot being less than fifteen da3's and more than thirty days from the date on whicha copy of the order of demolition witha brief statement of the reasons tl•erefor has been delivered to that person) as may be zyeeihed in the order for the dem ofition or modification: Provided that no order for the demolition or modification shaI1 be made unless the person has been given by means ota notice served in such manner as thecompetent authority may think fit,a reasonable op- portunity of showing cause why such order shall not be made: Provided further that, where theconstruction has not been completed, the competent authority may, by the same order or bya separate order, whether made atthetime of the issue of the notice under the first pro- viso or at any other time, direct the person to stop the construction until the expiry of the period within which an appeal against the order tor the demolition or modification, if made, may be preferred under sub- section (2). (?) Any person aggrieved by an order of the competent authority made under sub-section (J) may prefer an appeal against the order to the Tri- bunal having jurisdiction over thearea in which the building is situated within the period specified in the order for the demolition or modifica- tion of the construction to \vhich it relates. (3 Where an appeal is preferred under sub-section (P) against the order for the demolition or modification, the Tribunal may stay the en- forcement of that or5er on such terms, if any, and for such period, as it may thi ftk fit: Provided that, where the construction of any building has not been completed at the time o1 the making of the order for the demolition or modification, no order staying the enforcement of the order for the de- molition or modification shall be made by theTribunal unless security, sufficient in the opinion of the Tribunal, has been gixen by the appellant for not proceeding with such construction pending the disposal of the appeal. Regu. lation of construc- tion o:I buildings with dwelling DemoiGon andstop- page of buildings incertain cases and appeal. OF 1976] Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) 23