(1) The trust shall not take any action under sections 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 138, 139, 140, 141 and 142 of the Municipal Act without having previously consulted the committee and obtaining its consent:
Provided that if the said committee does not give consent within a period of thirty days from the date the matter is referred to it, the matter in dispute shall forthwith be referred to the State Government, whose decision shall be final.
(2) If the committee deems it necessary that action should be taken within the trust area under sections 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 138, 139, 140, 141 and 142 of the Municipal Act, it shall make an application to the trust requiring that such action be taken, and the trust shall thereupon comply with the application or give its reasons in writing for rejecting it:
Provided that if the application is rejected, the matter shall forthwith be referred to the State Government, whose decision shall be final.
Limitation of powers of trust under section 54.
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56. Whereby the making of any scheme, the value of any property has increased or is likely to increase, the trust shall be entitled to recover from the owner of such property an annual betterment contribution for such terms of years and on such uniform percentage of the increase in value but not exceeding ten percent of the recoverable amount, as may be prescribed:
Provided that the aggregate amount of the contribution so recovered shall not exceed fifty percent of the maximum increase in value during the aforesaid terms of years as ascertained under this Act.
57. The betterment contribution in respect of each property shall be according to the following principles :—
(a) its market value on the date of the publication of the notification sanctioning the scheme shall be estimated without reference to the improvement and developments contemplated in the scheme;
(b) for each financial year, succeeding the year in which the scheme takes effect, its market value on the first day of April of that year shall be ascertained by the chairman;
(c) if, in any financial year, the market value estimated under clause (b) does not exceed that estimated under clause (a), no betterment contribution shall be levied for that year;
(d) if, in any financial year, the estimated market value under clause (b) exceeds that estimated under clause (a), the trust shall levy a betterment contribution on the difference according to the percentage fixed in the scheme:
Provided that in estimating the market value of land under clause (a) or under clause (b), the value of buildings or other works erected or in the course of erection on such land shall not be taken into consideration;
(e) if, in the last three successive financial years, the estimated market value, under clause (b) does not exceed or exceed on the normal average rate in comparison with other similar property situated in the vicinity of the property but beyond the betterment effect of the scheme that estimated under clause (a), no betterment contribution shall be levied for that year and henceforth.