12. (1) Any objection received under section 11 shall, after affording reasonable opportunity of being heard to the objector, be disposed of by the Competent Authority.
(2) Where the Competent Authority decides that it is necessary so to do in the public interest it shall declare the area as a clearance area, and decide which of the buildings in the area be demolished for the purposes of this Act.
(3) The Competent Authority shall forthwith transmit to the State Government a copy of the order under sub-section (2), together with a statement showing ;
(i) the number of persons who on the date of notice issued under section 11 were occupying the buildings in the area proposed to be notified as a clearance area ;
(ii) the names of the owners of the buildings together with necessary particulars of the building, in the area, which are to be demolished ; and
(iii) the buildings and lands which it would be necessary to acquire for redevelopment of the area.
(4) The State Government may either confirm the order into or subject to such variations as may be consideration just and reasonable by it or reject the order.
(5) If the State Government confirms the order, the order shall be published in the official Gazette and it shall become operative from the date of its publication.