(1) Whenever the Board is of opinion that it is necessary to provide for the ultimate widening of any street by altering the existing alignments of such street to improved alignments to be prescribed by the Board but that it is not necessary immediately to acquire all or any of the properties lying within the proposed alignments, the Board may frame a deferred street scheme prescribing an alignment on each side of the street and specify the time limit for the execution of such scheme.
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(2) A deferred street scheme shall provide for the following matters, namely: -
(a) the acquisition of the whole or any part of any property lying within the prescribed street alignments within the time-limit specified in the scheme which may be extended by the Board from time to time:
Provided that such time-limit including the extentions granted by the Board shall in no case exceed twenty years from the date of sanction of the scheme;
(b) the re-laying out of all or any such property including the construction of buildings by the Board or by any other person, and the formation and alignment of the street;
(c) the drainage, water supply and lighting of the streets so formed or altered.
(3) After a deferred street scheme has been notified in the Official Gazette as required by section 45,
(a) no person shall, except, with the written permission of the Board, erect, reerect, add to, or alter any building or wall so as to make the same project into the prescribed alignment of the street;
(b) if the Board fails to acquire, or to initiate proceedings for the acquisition of, any property within the prescribed alignment of any street within the time limit specified in the scheme or extended by it, the owner of such property may, at any time thereafter, give the Board notice requiring it to acquire, or to initiate proceedings for the acquisition of, such property before the expiration of six months from the date of such notice, and thereupon the Board shall acquire the property, or initiate such proceedings and acquire the property accordingly; and if the Board fails to do so, it shall pay reasonable compensation to the owner for any damage sustained by him in consequence of such failure;
(c) before proceeding to acquire any property lying within the prescribed alignment of the street other than the property in respect of which it has received a notice under clause (b), the Board shall give six month’s notice to the owner of its intention to acquire such property;
(d) the local authority or planning authority or the Public Works Department shall not have power to prescribe any alignment of the street within the limits of the scheme, and any such alignment previously prescribed within such limits shall cease to be the alignment of the street.
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38. Whenever the Board is of opinion that it is expedient or necessary to provide building sites in any area, the Board may frame a land development scheme for that area, -
(a) specifying the lay-out of the area to be developed and the purposes for which different portions thereof shall be utilised;
(b) providing for roads, streets, open spaces, drainage, water supply, street lights and other amenities;
(c) providing for the disposal of house sites by sale or on hire-purchase basis.
General Improvement scheme
39. Whenever it appears to the Board ---
(a) that in any area, any buildings used or intended or likely to be used as dwelling houses are unfit for human habitation, or
(b) that danger to the health of the inhabitants of buildings in any area, or to buildings in the neighbourhood of such area is likely to be caused by ---
(i) the narrowness, closeness or bad arrangement or condition of streets or buildings or groups of buildings in such areas, or
(ii) the want of light, air, ventilation, or proper conveniences in such area, or
(iii) any other sanitary defects in such area, the Board may frame a General improvement scheme in respect of such area.
Preparation, publication and transmission of notice as to housing or improvement schemes and supply of documents to applicants