(1) The Board shall, not later than one year from the date of publication of the declaration under sub-section (1) of section 23 or within such further period, as the State Government may allow, 1Added by Punjab Act No. 30 of 1973, Section 3 Further provisions as to execution of contracts.
Delegation of Board's power to sanction contracts.
Declaration of area as development area.
Preparation and approval of development plans.
get development plan for the development area prepared in the prescribed manner, specifying therein the restrictions and conditions proposed to be made applicable in the development area.
(2) The Board shall cause to be made public, by notification, and by displaying it at a conspicuous place in the concerned locality, the development plan got prepared by it under sub-section (1) for the purposes of inviting objections and suggestions thereon.
(3) Any person may, within thirty days from the date of publication of the notification under sub-section (2) send to the Board his objections and suggestions, in writing, in respect of such development plan.
(4) The Board shall also give reasonable opportunity to every local authority within whose local limits any land touched by the development plan is situated or any department of the State Government affected by such development plan, to make any representation with respect to the development plan.
(5) The development plan shall, as soon as may be, after publication, be submitted by the Board to the State Government for its approval along with the objections, suggestions and representations, if any, and the comments of the Board thereon.
(6) The State Government shall consider the objections, suggestions and representations, if any, received with the development plan and may accept or reject them. The State Government thereafter may either approve the development plan without modifications or with such modifications as it may consider necessary, or reject the development plan with directions to the Board to prepare fresh development plan in accordance with such directions.