Section 9

Procedure for preparation, publication and sanctioning of 1 [spatial perspective plan] for the State.—(1) The 2 [ State Town and Country Planning Committee] shall, with the advice of the Chief Town Planner and in consultation with the District Planning Committees, the Metropolitan Planning Committees, if any, the Government Departments, quasi-Government agencies concerned, and considering the Plans prepared under this Ordinance and inputs if any, from the Local Self Government Institutions prepare or get prepared and publish the draft 3 [spatial perspective plan] for the State within two years from the date of constitution of the 4 [State Town and Country Planning Committee]. (2) The 5 [spatial perspective plan] for the State shall be prepared taking into account various regions in the State for achieving balanced and sustainable spatial development and shall specify phasing of the implementation of the Plan in periods of five years preferably to be co-terminus with the Five Year Plans. (3) The draft of the 6 [spatial perspective plan] for the State shall be published in the website of the technical secretariat of the 7 [State Town and Country Planning Committee] and the notice of the publication shall be notified in the Official Gazette in the prescribed manner and in at least two newspapers having wide circulation in the State, of which one must be in the regional language, specifying the place or places where a copy of the draft 8 [spatial perspective plan] for the State may be inspected, and also inviting objections and suggestions to be filed within a period of 9 [ninety] days from the date of publication of the notice in the Official Gazette. The 10 [State Town and Country Planning Committee] shall also forward a copy of the draft 11 [spatial perspective plan] for the State to the District Planning Committees and the Metropolitan Planning Committees, if any, which in turn shall forward relevant extracts thereof to the Local Self Government Institutions within their jurisdiction for information.