Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Contribution towards costs of town planning scheme- (1) The costs of the town planning scheme shall be met wholly or in part by a contribution to be levied by the Authority on each final plot included in the final town planning scheme calculated in proportion to the increment which is estimated . to accrue in respect of such plot by the Valuation Officer Provi-ded that- (i) where costs of the town planning scheme does not exceed half the increment, th e costs shall be met wholly by a contribution and (ii) where it exceeds half the increment, to the extent of half the increment it shall be met by a contribution and the excess shall be borne by the Authority ; ' . - / :I I I l ' 234 ODISHA LOCAL LAWS IS. 63 (iii) where a plot is subject to a mortgage with possession or to a lease the Valuation officer shalt determine in what proportion the m'ortgage or lease on the on e hand and .the. mortgagor or lessor on the olher hand shall pay such conlrtbullon; (iv) no such contribution shall be levied on a plot used, allotted or reserved for a public purpose or for the purpose of the Authority which is sole beneficial to the owners of land or residents within the area of the town planning scheme; (v) the contribution levied on a plol used, allotted or reserved for a public purpose or for the purpose of the Authority which is beneficial partly to the owner's of land or residents within the a.rea of the town planning scheme and partly to the general public shall be calculated in proportion to the benefit estimated to accrue to the general public from such use, allotment or reservation . (2) The owner of each final plot included in the final town planning scheme shall be primarily liable for the payment of the contribution leviable in respect of such plot.