Section 2
[3. Constitution of the State Town and Country Planning Committee.—(1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, constitute and appoint the State Town and Country Planning Committee for the purpose of carrying out the functions assigned to it under this Act.
2 [3. Constitution of the State Town and Country Planning Committee.—(1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, constitute and appoint the State Town and Country Planning Committee for the purpose of carrying out the functions assigned to it under this Act.
(2) The State Town and Country Planning Committee shall consist of a Chairperson, a Vice-Chairperson and other eighteen members as specified in sub-section (4).
(3) The Minister for Local Self Government Department, in the State, shall be the Chairperson of the State Town and Country Planning Committee, and the Vice-Chairperson of the State Planning Board shall be the Vice-Chairperson of the said Committee.
(4) The other members of the State Town and Country Planning Committee shall be the following, namely:—
(a) the Principal Secretary to Government, Local Self Government Department;
(b) the Secretaries of the Departments of Revenue, Finance, Agriculture, Planning and Economic Affairs, Environment, Public Works, Transport, Forest and Wildlife, Power and Water Resources;
(c) the Member of the State Planning Board in charge of Decentralised Planning;
(d) the Chief Town Planner;
(e) the Land Revenue Commissioner;
(f) the Chairperson, Kerala State Pollution Control Board; and
(g) three non-official members, as nominated by the Government, of whom one person shall be an expert qualified in Town and Country Planning and the other two persons shall, in the opinion of the Government, possess special knowledge or practical experience in matters relating to transportation, agriculture, economics or environment.
(5) The Principal Secretary to Government, Local Self Government Department in the State shall be the ex-officio Member Secretary of the State Town and Country Planning Committee and the Chief Town Planner shall be its Joint Secretary.
(6) The following persons may be invited to the meetings of the State Town and Country Planning Committee as special invitees, as and when their presence is required at those meetings, namely:—
(a) representatives of the Ministries of the Central Government, in-charge of Railways, Civil Aviation, Shipping, Defence, Transport and Communications, Environment and Forest, Urban Development, Rural Development, etc.;
(b) Secretaries to Government Departments other than those mentioned in clause (b) of sub-section (4);
(c) the Chairperson of the Kerala Regional Chapter Institute of Town Planners, India;
(d) the Chairpersons of the District Planning Committee, the Metropolitan Planning Committee, Local Self Government Institution and the Development Authority concerned; and
(e) any other experts, officials, representatives of organizations and the like, with whom the State Town and Country Planning Committee desires to consult.]