The Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966

CHAPTER I

1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.

CHAPTER II

PROVISIONSRELATINGTOREGIONALPLANS.
(a) Regions.
3. Establishment of Region and alteration of its limits.
(b) Constitution of Regional Planning Boards.
4. Constitution of Regional Planning Boards.
5. Terms of office and conditions of service of members.
6. Resignation of members.
7. Vacancies.
8. Powers and duties of Board.
9. Meetings of Regional Board, etc.
10. Consultation or association with experts; Regional
Planning Committee.
11. Power of Regional Board to appoint staff.
12. Expenses of Regional Board.
(c) Regional Plans.
13. Survey of Region and preparation of Regional plan.
14. Contents of Regional plan.
15. Submission of Regional plan to State Government for
approval.
16. Procedure to be followed in preparing and approving
Regional plans.
17. Publication of Regional plan and date of its operation.
18. Restriction on change of user of land or development
thereof.
19. Exclusion of claims for compensation for injurious
affection.
20. Revision or modification of Regional plan.

CHAPTER III

DEVELOPMENTPLAN.
(a) Preparation, submission and sanction to
Development plan.
21. Development plan.
22. Contents of Development plan.
22A. Modification of a substantial nature.
(b) Procedure to be followed in preparing and sanctioning
Development plans.
23. Declaration of intention to prepare Development plan.
24. Town Planning Officer.
25. Provision for survey and preparation of existing-landuse map.
26. Preparation and publication of notice of draft
Development plan.

27. Provision of Regional plan to be considered.
28. Objections to draft Development plan.
29. [Deleted].
30. Submission of draft Development plan.
31. Sanction to draft Development plan.
(c) Provisions for preparation of interim Development plans,
plans for areas of Comprehensive development, etc.
32. Interim Development plan.
33. Plans for areas of Comprehensive development.
34. Preparation of Development plan for additional area.
35. Development plans sanctioned by State Government
before commencement of this Act.
36. Development plan prepared prior to this Act.
37. Minor modification of final Development plan.
37A. Power of State Government or Planning Authority to
permit temporary change of user.
38. Revision of Development plan.
39. Variation of town planning scheme by the Development
plan.
40. Special Planning Authority for developing certain
notified areas.
41. Expenses of Special Planning Authority to be met by
contribution by local authorities.
42. Implementation of plans.

CHAPTER III-A.
AREADEVELOPMENTAUTHORITY.
42A. Declaration of development area.
42B. Exclusion of whole or part of development area from
operation of Act.
42C. Constitution of Area Development Authority.
42D. Appointment of Government Company, etc., as Area
Development Authority.
42E. Control by Metropolitan Planning Committee and
District Planning Committee.
42F. Powers and functions of Area Development Authority.
42G. Expenses of Area Development Authority.

CHAPTER IV

CONTROLOFDEVELOPMENTANDUSEOFLANDINCLUDEDIN
DEVELOPMENTPLANS.
43. Restrictions on development of land.
44. Application for permission for development.
45. Grant or refusal of permission.
46. Provisions of Development plan to be considered before
granting permission.
47. Appeal.
48. Lapse of permission.
49. Obligation to acquire land on refusal of permission or
on grant of permission in certain cases.
50. Deletion of reservation of designated land for interim
draft or final Development plan.
51. Power of revocation and modification of permission to
development.
UNAUTHORISEDDEVELOPMENT.
52. Penalty for unauthorised development or for use
otherwise than in conformity with Development plan.
53. Power to require removal of unauthorised development.
54. Power to stop unauthorised development.
55. Removal or discontinuance of unauthorised
temporary development summarily.
56. Power to require removal of unauthorised development
or use.
57. Recovery of expenses incurred.
58. Development undertaken on behalf of Government.

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