(1) This Act may be called 3the Telangana Town Planning Act, 1920.]
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of 3[Telangana].
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(1) “Chairman” means 4[XXX] the “Chairman of the Municipal Council” in 5[XXX] municipalities.
(2) “Director” means the Director of Town-Planning appointed under this Act.
(3) “Municipality” means any local area in which 6[the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965,] is in force.
1. The Andhra Pradesh Town-Planning Act, 1920 in force in the combined State, as on 02.06.2014, has been adapted to the State of Telangana, under section 101 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 (Central Act 6 of 2014) vide. the Telangana Adaptation of Laws Order, 2016, issued in G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated
01.06.2016.
2. Section 1 substituted by Act No.24 of 1981.
3. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
4. The words “the Commissioner of the Corporation of Madras, in the City of Madras and” were omitted by the Andhra Adaptation of Laws (Amendment) Order, 1954 (A.A (Amdt) O. 1954).
5. The word “other” was omitted by the A.A (Amdt) O. 1954.
6. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.142, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (A2) Department, dated 29.10.2015.
Definitions.
Short title and extent.
Act 6 of 1965.
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(4) “Owner” includes the person for the time being receiving, or entitled to receive, whether on his own account or as agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for another person, or for any religious or charitable purpose, the rents or profits of the property in connexion with which the word is used.
(5) “Plot” means a continuous portion of land held in one ownership other than land used, allotted or reserved for any public or municipal purpose.
(6) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
(7) “Reconstituted plot” means a plot which is in any way altered by the making of a town-planning scheme otherwise than by the severance of land used, allotted or reserved for any public or municipal purpose.
(8) “Responsible authority” means “the authority or person, who is specified in a scheme as responsible for carrying out or enforcing the observance of all or any of the provisions of the scheme or for enforcing the execution of any works which under the scheme are to be executed by any authority, owner, or other person”.
(9) “Scheme” means a town-planning scheme and includes a plan relating to a town-planning scheme;
(10) “Town-planning” includes town-improvement.
CHAPTER II.
TOWN-PLANNING SCHEMES.
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7. Section 3 was omitted by Madras Act II of 1930.
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4. A town-planning scheme may provide for all or any of the following matters:- 8[(a) the laying out or relaying out of land either vacant or already built upon as building sites or for any of the purposes mentioned in this section;]
(b) the construction, diversion, extension, alteration, improvement or closure of streets, roads and communications;
(c) the construction, alteration, removal 9[or] demolition of buildings, bridges and other structures;
(d) the acquisition by purchase, exchange or otherwise, of any land 10[or other immovable property] within the area included in the scheme whether required immediately 11[XXX] or not;
(e) the redistribution of boundaries and the reconstitution of plots belonging to owners of property comprised in the scheme;
(f) the disposal by sale, exchange, lease, or otherwise of land acquired or owned by the council;
(g) transport facilities;
(h) water-supply;
(i) lighting;
8. Clause (a) substituted by Madras Act II of 1930.
9. Substituted for the word “and” by Madras Act II of 1930.
10. Inserted by Madras Act II of 1930.
11. “For building purposes” were omitted by Madras Act II of 1930.
Matters that may be dealt with in scheme.
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(j) drainage inclusive of severage and of surface draining and sewage disposal;
(k) the allotment or reservation of land for streets, roads, squares, houses 12[XXX] buildings for religious and charitable purposes, open spaces, gardens, recreation grounds, schools, markets, shops, factories, hospitals, dispensaries, Government and municipal buildings, and public purposes of all kinds;
(l) construction of houses 12[XXX];
(m) the preservation of objects and buildings of archaeological or historic interest or of natural beauty or actually used for religious purposes or regarded by the public with special religious veneration;
(n) the imposition of conditions and restrictions in regard to the character, number, architectural features and height of buildings allowed in specified areas, and the purposes to which buildings or specified areas may or may not be appropriated; and the provision and maintenance of sufficient open space about buildings;
(o) the suspension, 13[restriction or modification] so far as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the scheme, of any provision in 14[XXX] 15[the Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965, or the 16Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Boards Act, 1920 or as the case may be, 17the
12. “For the poorer and working classes” were omitted by Madras Act II of 1930.
13. Inserted by Madras Act II of 1930.
14. “The Madras City Municipal Act, 1919” were omitted by the A.A (Amdt) O. 1954.
15. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.142, Municipal Administration & Urban Development (A2) Department, dated 29.10.2015.
16. Andhra Area Acts.
17. Adapted in G.O.Ms.No.46, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Act 6 of 1965.
[Act No.VII of 1920] 5 Telangana District Boards Act, 1955] or in any rule, by-law or regulation made under the said Acts and in force in the area included in the scheme;
(p) the 18[suspension, restriction or] modification, so far as may be necessary for the proper carrying out of the scheme, of any provision in 19[the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates Land Act, 1908,] affecting the conversion of holdings or portions thereof into building land in the area included in the scheme;
Explanation.- The word „holding‟ in this clause shall have the same meaning as in 19[the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Estates Land Act, 1908.]
(q) the advance to the owners of land or buildings comprised within the scheme, upon such terms and conditions as may be provided by the scheme, of the whole or part of the amount required for the erection of buildings or for the carrying out of the works, alterations or improvements in accordance with the scheme;
(r) such other matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act as may be prescribed.