Section 36

Procedure for preparation, publication and sanctioning of Master Plan.—(1) A Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat may, at any time, by resolution, decide to prepare or 2 [get prepared or adopt with or without modifications a master plan for the Local Planning Area or part thereof and shall notify the intention of the same in the Official Gazette and shall be duly published in the notice board and the website of the Local Self Government Institution, and in at least one newspaper having wide circulation in the area in the prescribed manner in a time bound manner]. 3 [(2) The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat shall, in consultation with the Local Self Government Department (Planning) of the Government and other Government Departments and agencies, within two years from the date of notification in the Official Gazette regarding the intention to prepare the Plan under sub-section (1), prepare or get prepared or adopt with or without modifications a draft Master Plan for the Local Planning Area or part thereof, after reviewing such plans, if any, prepared earlier and after ensuring compliance with national policies, and forward the Master Plan along with resolution to the Government through the Chief Town Planner, in such form as may be prescribed: Provided that the Chief Town Planner shall forward such plans to 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]. (3) The Government, on receipt of the draft Master Plan as per sub-section (2) may, 4 [xxxx] accord approval, within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of such Plan, for publication, by the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned. (4) The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall, within sixty days from the date of receipt of approval for publication under sub-section (3), publish the draft Master Plan in the 5 [website of the Local Self Government Institution;] and a notice of publication, in the Official Gazette and in at least two newspapers having wide circulation in the Local Planning Area of which one must be in the regional language, inviting objections and suggestions to be submitted within sixty days from the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette, specifying the place or places where a copy thereof shall be available for inspection by the public: Provided that the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall publish such a notice, even if the draft Plan is prepared or got prepared by the Chief Town Planner under clause (e) of section 11.

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36. Procedure for preparation, publication and sanctioning of Master Plan.—(1) A Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat may, at any time, by resolution, decide to prepare or 2 [get prepared or adopt with or without modifications a master plan for the Local Planning Area or part thereof and shall notify the intention of the same in the Official Gazette and shall be duly published in the notice board and the website of the Local Self Government Institution, and in at least one newspaper having wide circulation in the area in the prescribed manner in a time bound manner]. 3 [(2) The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat shall, in consultation with the Local Self Government Department (Planning) of the Government and other Government Departments and agencies, within two years from the date of notification in the Official Gazette regarding the intention to prepare the Plan under sub-section (1), prepare or get prepared or adopt with or without modifications a draft Master Plan for the Local Planning Area or part thereof, after reviewing such plans, if any, prepared earlier and after ensuring compliance with national policies, and forward the Master Plan along with resolution to the Government through the Chief Town Planner, in such form as may be prescribed: Provided that the Chief Town Planner shall forward such plans to 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]. (3) The Government, on receipt of the draft Master Plan as per sub-section (2) may, 4 [xxxx] accord approval, within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of such Plan, for publication, by the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned. (4) The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall, within sixty days from the date of receipt of approval for publication under sub-section (3), publish the draft Master Plan in the 5 [website of the Local Self Government Institution;] and a notice of publication, in the Official Gazette and in at least two newspapers having wide circulation in the Local Planning Area of which one must be in the regional language, inviting objections and suggestions to be submitted within sixty days from the date of publication of the notice in the Gazette, specifying the place or places where a copy thereof shall be available for inspection by the public: Provided that the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat concerned shall publish such a notice, even if the draft Plan is prepared or got prepared by the Chief Town Planner under clause (e) of section 11.