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Section 244: Appeals from orders of municipalities.

The Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000Union territory Act of Jammu and Kashmir · Act 20 of 2000

(1) Any person aggrieved––

(a) by the refusal of a municipality under section 208 to sanction the erection or re-erection of a building ; or

(b) by notice from a municipality under section 182 requiring a street to be drained, levelled, flagged, metalled or provided with proper means of lighting, or declaring a street to be a public street ; or

(c) by an order made by a municipality or an Executive Officer/Secretary under the powers conferred upon it by section 111 or section 120 or section 125 or section 128 or section 237 ;

may appeal within thirty days, from the date of such prohibition, notice or order to such officer as the Government may appoint for the purpose of hearing such appeals or any of them, or, failing such appointment, to the Deputy Commissioner and no such refusal, notice or order shall be liable to be called in question otherwise than by such appeal.

(2) The appellate authority may, if it shall think fit, extend the period allowed by sub-section (1) for appeal.

(3) The order of the appellate authority confirming, setting aside or modifying the refusal, notice or order appealed from shall be final : Provided that the refusal, notice or order shall not be modified or set aside until the appellant and the municipality have had opportunity of being heard.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Jammu and Kashmir Municipal Act, 2000
Section244
Marginal noteAppeals from orders of municipalities.
JurisdictionUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir
StatusIn force as published by the source

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