(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, the Government may at any time, in the case of any housing or improvement scheme, proposed to be framed or framed by the Board or being executed by it, call for the records of the Board relating to such scheme and if, after examining the same and considering the representations, if any, of the Board and local authority of planning authority concerned, it appears to the Government that such scheme should be 114 modified, annulled or remitted for consideration to the Board or that such scheme should be executed with modifications, it may pass orders accordingly.
(2) The Government may stay the execution of any such scheme pending the exercise of its powers under sub-section (1) in respect thereof.
(3) (a) Any housing or improvement scheme which has already come into force but has been modified by the Government under sub-section (1) shall have effect as if it had been duly sanctioned by the Board under section 44.
(b) The scheme as modified shall be published in accordance with the provisions of section 45 and on such publication the scheme so modified shall come into force and shall have effect.
Power to exempt
59. The Government, may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, exempt, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the notification, any housing or improvement scheme or class of housing or improvement schemes from all or any of the provisions of this chapter.
CHAPTER – VI ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND Power to acquire land under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894
60. Any land or any interest therein required by the Board for any of the purposes of this Act shall be deemed to be required for a public purpose and may be acquired under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act 1 of 1894).
Power to purchase or lease by agreement
61. The Board may enter into agreement with any person for the acquisition from him by purchase, lease or exchange, of any land or any interest therein which may be required for any of the purposes of this Act:
Provided that if the value of such land or interest exceeds 1[three lakh rupees], the Board shall not enter into such agreement without the previous approval of the Government.
Power to dispose of land
62. The Board may, subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, retain or may lease, sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of any land vested in or acquired by it, under this Act.
1. Amended vide Act No.11 of 1987 and published in the Extra - ordinary Gazette No.43 dated 31.12.87.
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CHAPTER – VII LEVY, ASSESSMENT AND RECOVERY OF BETTERMENT FEE Payment of betterment fee