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(1) If the *[State Government] are satisfied, after giving the municipal council an opportunity of explanation and considering any other representations that may be made to them, that a municipal council,- (a) has failed to take the requisite steps for having a satisfactory town-planning scheme prepared and sanctioned in a case where a town-planning scheme ought to be made, or (b) has failed to adopt any scheme proposed by owners of any land in a case where the scheme ought to be adopted, or (c) has unreasonably refused to consent to any modifications or conditions imposed by the *[State Government], the *[State Government] may, as the case may require, order the municipal council to prepare and submit for the approval of the *[State Government] such a town-planning scheme, or to adopt the scheme, or to consent to the modifications or conditions so inserted: Provided that, where the municipal council has failed to adopt a scheme, the *[State Government] in lieu of making such an order as aforesaid, may approve the proposed scheme, subject to such modifications or conditions, if any, as the *[State Government] think fit, and thereupon the scheme shall have effect as if it had been adopted by the municipal council and sanctioned by the *[State Government]. (2) If the *[State Government] are satisfied after giving the municipal council 71[or the responsible authority as the case may be] an opportunity of explanation, that a municipal council 71[or a responsible authority] has failed to