(1) Where by virtue of the provisions of this Act, a Development Plan is to be prepared,—
(a) if within the period prescribed or within such period which the State Government has extended, no development plan has been prepared; or
(b) if at any time the State Government is satisfied that the Planning Authority or the Development Authority is not taking steps necessary to prepare such a development plan within that period, the State Government may direct any office of the State Government to prepare the Development Plan.
(2) After the preparation of the Development Plan, the said officer shall submit the Development Plan to the State Government and he shall follow the procedure and exercise the powers of the Planning Authority or the Development Authority, as the case may be.
(3) Any expenses incurred under this section in connection with the preparation and publication of the Development Plan for the Planning Area of any Planning Authority or Development Authority shall be paid by the concerned authority.
35. As soon as may be after the Development Plan has been submitted to the State Government, but not later than the time prescribed, the State Government shall direct the Planning Authority or the Development Authority to make such modifications in the Development Plan as the State Government thinks fit and thereupon the concerned authority shall make the modifications.
128 The West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979.
XIII of 1979.]
(Chapter VI.—Preparation of Development Plans and Procedure for their Statutory Approval.—Sections 36, 37.)