Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021). — ACT 9 OF 2016

5. Substituted by Act 33 of 2021 (w.e.f. 25.02.2021). (5) Immediately after a draft Master Plan is published under this Act, the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall forward a copy of the published Master Plan to the District Planning Committee and Metropolitan Planning Committee, if any and the District Planning Committee or the Metropolitan Planning Committee may, as far as possible, within sixty days from the date of the receipt of such Plan furnish their remarks, if any, on the Plan, to Government 1 [and to the Local Self Government Institution concerned.] (6) Simultaneously with the publication of the notice under sub-section (4), the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall, appoint a special committee under section 32 of this Act, which shall process the objections and suggestions and hear all such persons who have made a request in writing for being so heard and submit its report in the prescribed format to the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat, as far as possible within sixty days from the time limit prescribed for receiving objections and suggestions. (7) The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall, as far as possible within sixty days from the date of receipt of the report of the special committee under sub-section (6), shall consider such objections or suggestions and the report of the special committee on such objections or suggestions and may modify the Plan as may be considered necessary and submit the Master Plan as passed or adopted by the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat, together with the objections and suggestions in original, the report of the special committee and the recommendations thereon under this sub-section to the Government for sanction 2 [through the Chief Town Planner. Provided that the Chief Town Planner shall forward such plans to the Government, as far as possible, within forty five days along with the remarks that whether such plans are in accordance with other plans under this Act and also with respect to any other matter pertaining to master plan.] (8) The Government may, as far as possible within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of the Master Plan as per sub-section (7), after considering the objections and suggestions, if any, the recommendations of the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned thereon, 3 [the remarks of the Chief Town Planner], the remarks, if any, received from the District Planning Committee and the Metropolitan Planning Committee on the draft plan and after ensuring compliance with the provisions of 4 [any other plans] prepared under this Act, accord sanction to the Plan with or without modifications and publish a notice in the Official Gazette intimating the fact of sanction of the Master Plan: 5 [xxxx]

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