(1) As soon as
may be after a plan comes into operation as provided in section
161, the Municipality may, with the approval of the State
Government and by notification in the Official Gazette, declare
any area in the city to be a development area for the purposes of
this Act.
(2) On or after the date on which notification under subsection (1) is published in the Official Gazette, no person shall
institute or change the use of any land or carry out anydevelopment of land without the permission in writing of the
Municipality:
Provided that, no such permission shall be necessary-
(i) for carrying out works for the maintenance,
improvement or other alteration of any
building, being works which affect only the
interior of the building or which do not
materially affect the external appearance
thereof;
(ii) the carrying out of works in compliance
with any order or direction made by any
authority under any law for the time being in
force;
(iii) the carrying out of works by the
Municipality in exercise of its powers under
any law for the time being in force;
(iv) for the carrying out by the Central or the
State Government or any local authority of
any works-
(a) required for the maintenance or
improvement of a highway, road or
public street, being works carried out
on land within the boundaries of
such highway, road or public street;
and
(b) for the purpose of inspecting,
repairing or renewing any drains,
sewers, mains, pipes, cable,
telephone or other apparatus;
(v) for the excavation (including wells) made in
the ordinary course of agricultural operation;(vi) for the construction of a road intended to
give access to land solely for agricultural
purposes;
(vii) for normal use of land which has been used
temporarily for other purposes; and
(viii) in case of land, normally used for one
purpose and occasionally used for any other
purpose, for the use of land for that other
purpose on occasion
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