(1) Every contract shall be made on behalf of the Board by the Chairman :
Provided that-
(a) no contract involving an expenditure of rupees twenty lacs and more shall be made without the previous sanction of the State Government ;
(b) no contract involving an expenditure of five thousand rupees and more shall, subject to clause (a) above, be made without the previ ous sanction 0£ the Board.
(2) Sub-section (1) shall apply to every variation or abandonment of a contract or estimate as well as to an original contract or estimate.
~~~~~~;iop:wer ofto 21. Subject to. any. rule which the State Govern sanction contracts~ ment may, make m this behalf, the Board may, by order direct that the power conferred on it under sec- · tion 20 to sanction a cont ract shall be exercis2d by the Chairman or any other officer specified by it in the order.
Further provisions 22. (1) Every contract by the Chairman on behalf as to execution of of the Board shall, subject to the provisions of this contracts, section, be entered into in st,1ch manner and form as may be prescribed.
(2) A contract not executed as provided in this section and the rules made thereunder sha 11 not be binding on the Board.
CHAPTER III Housing Schemes Power and duties 23. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of Board to under subject to the control of the State Government take Housing the Board may, from time to time incur expenditur~ Schemes, d d t k k . . . an un er a e wor s m any area m which this Act is dn force for the framing and execution of such hous ing schemes as it may consider necessary.
Matters to be provided for by Rousing Scheme.
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(2) The State Government may, on such terms and conditions as it may think fit to impose, entrust to the Board the framing and execution of any housing scheme whether provided for by this Act or not, and the Board shall thereupon undertake the framing and execution of such scheme as if it had been provided for by this Act.
(3) The Board, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon and with the previous approval of the State Government, take over for executing any housing scheme on behalf of a l.ocal authority or co operative society or on behalf of an employer when the houses are to be built mainly for the residence of his employP.es, and the Board shall execute such scheme as if it had been provided for by this Act.
24. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force , a Housing Sche me may provide for all or any of the following mat ters, namely:-
(a) the acquisition by purchase, exchange or otherwise of any property for necessary or affected by the execution of the scheme ;
(b) the laying or relaying out of any land com prised in the Scheme ;
{c) the distribution or redistribution of site be longing to owners or property comprised in the Scheme;
(d) the closure or demolition of dwellings or portions of dwellings unfit for human habi tation ;
(e) the demolition of obstructive buildings or portions of buildings;
(f) the construction and reconstruction of build ings;
(g) the sale, letting out or ex~hange of aI}y pro perty comprised in the Scheme;
{h) the construction and alteration of streets and back lanes;
(i) p:ovi~ion of the dra~ning, water supply and hghtmg of the area mcluded in the Scheme· ' • 15
(j) the provision of parks, playing fields and open space for the benefit of a~y. a~ea com prised in the Scheme or any adJommg areas and the enlargement, and ,improvement of existing parks, playing-fields, open spaces and approaches;
(k) the reclamation or reservation of lands for markets, gardens, playing-fields, s?~oo~s, dispensaries, hospiitals and other amenities m the Scheme;
(1) the letting out, management and use of the Board premises;
(m) the provision of sanitary arrangements r e quired for the area compriised in the Scheme, including the conservation and prevention of any injury or contamination to rivers or other sources and means of water supply;
(n) the provision of accommodation for any class of inhabitants;
(o) the advance of money for the purpose of the Scheme;
(p) the proviision of facilities for communication and transport;
(q) the collection of such information and statis tics as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act;
(r) any other m atter for which, in the opinion of the State Government, it is expedient to make provision with a viiew to provide hous ing accommodation and to the improvement on development of any area comprised in the Scheme or any adjoining areo. or the general efficiency of the Scheme ;
Exvlanation:-For the purposes of this section the State Government may, on the recommendation .of the Board, by notification in the official Gazette, specify such areas surrounding or adjoining- the area included in a housing scheme to be the adjoining area.
No H ousing 25. (1) No housing scheme shall be made under £Scheme t? beclumdeadde this Act for any area for which an improvement Sche-or area JD • in an improvement me has been sanctioned by the State Government ~chem~ or b~ under any enactment for the time being in force for Tinconsispte1nt ~1th the constitution of a municipal corporati0n for ::my own annmg . th S . .
Schemes, area m e tate to which this Act extends, nor any 16 Housing Scheme made under this Act contain anything which is inconsistent with any of the matters included in a Town Planning Scheme sanctioned by the State Government under the Assam Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 or in any town planning scheme duly made by or under any corresponding law for the time being in force.
(2) If any dispute ar ises,whether a housing scheme made under this Act includes any area included in an improvement scheme sanctioned under any such enact ment as aforesaid or contains anything inconsistent wiith any matter included in Town planning Scheme sanctioned under the Assam Tovln and Country Plan ning Act, 1959 or in any Town Planning Scheme duly made by or under any corresponding law for the time being in force, the decision of the State Government shall be final.
Submission of bud- 26. (1) The Chairman shall, at a special meeting to get to Board. be held in the month of February in each year, lay be fore the Board, a budget of the Board for the next year.
Board's sanction to Budget.
Submission of san ctioned budget to State Government for approval.
(2) Every such budget shall be prepared in such form as may be prescribed and shall make provision for-
(i) the . housing schemes which the Board pro poses to execute whether in part or whole during the next year, ~ii) the due fulfilment of all the liabilities of the Board, and
(iii) the efficient administration of this Act, and shall contain a stateI:nent showing the esti mated receipts and expenditure on capital and revenue accounts for the next year and such other particulars as may be prescribed.
. 27. The Board shall consider the budget laid before it under the last precedting section and sanction it with or without modification.