Section 7 of Maharashtra Village Panchayats And The Maharashtra Regional And Town Planning Act, 2014

In section 18 of the Regional and Town Planning Act, - (a) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :- "(1) No person shall, on or after the publication of the notice that the draft Regional plan has been prepared or the draft Regional plan has been approved, institute or change the use of any land for any purpose other than agriculture or carry out any development in respect of any land without the previous permission,- ( i ) in case the land is situated in the limits of a Municipal Corporation or a Municipal Council, or a Nagar Panchayat or a Special Planning Authority or any other planning authority, of such Municipal Corporation or Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat or Special Planning Authority or other planning authority, as the case may be, or (ii) in case the land is situated in the gaothan, within the meaning of clause (10) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code,1966, of the village panchayat concerned, or (iii) in case the land is situated in areas other than those mentioned in clauses (i) and (ii) above, of the Collector of the District: Provided that, the Collector may delegate his powers under this clause to an officer not below the rank of Tahsildar. Explanation.-For the removal of doubt, it is hereby declared that, no such permission of the Collector shall be required in the gaothan area of a revenue village within the meaning of clause (10) of section 2 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966."; (b) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, the Village Panchayat or, as the case may be, the Collector, in considering application for permission shall have due regard to the provisions of any draft or Regional plan or proposal published by means of a notice under this Act."; (c) after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely :- " (2A) (i) The provisions of sections 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 and 58 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the unauthorized development carried out in the area of Regional plan, as they apply to the unauthorized development carried out in the area of a Planning Authority; and (ii) the Collector shall be the authority Competent to take action in respect of such unauthorized development. (2B) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, the State Government may, upon a request made by the Collector, specify the terms and conditions on compliance of which and the compounding charges on payment of which the Collector may declare an unauthorized structure to be a compounded structure : Provided that, on declaration of an unauthorized structure as compounded structure, the proceedings under any law for the time being in force against such structure initiated by the Collector shall stand abated, and if such proceedings are yet to be initiated, no proceedings shall be maintainable: Provided further that, no further construction shall be permissible in any compounded structure, other than repairs and maintenance, and any redevelopment or reconstruction of such structure shall be only as per the provisions of the prevailing Development Control Regulations."; (d) in sub-section (3), for the words "a Special Township Project", at both the places where they occur, the words "an Integrated Township Project" shall be substituted.