With a view to amend the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 (“Act of 1973”) and the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 (“Act of 1994), the Government of Haryana has issued the Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2023 and the Haryana Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2023 (“Amendments”).
The amendments pertain to the provisions under the Act of 1973 and Act of 1994 which deal with “Building Scheme”. Please see below the key takeaways on the amendments:
- With the present amendment gaining effect, now, if an individual or a company applies for preparation or approval of town planning scheme over its land, then the un-built area need not be declared and no resolution from the committee will be required as opposed to the previous position wherein the committee’s resolution was mandatory.
However, a resolution from the committee will be required if the committee draws a town planning scheme for un-built area and building scheme for built area on its land or jointly with an individual or a company.
- Now, with the requirement of committee resolution being done away with, in case an application is received from an individual or a company for the town planning scheme, the Deputy Commissioner will have to forward the same along with all relevant documents to the State Government within a period of 30 days from the date of the receipt of the application as opposed to the previous position wherein the committee would pass a resolution for approval of town planning scheme within 60 days from the date when such proposal is put up for its consideration for the first time, otherwise the Deputy Commissioner would forward the proposal of the town planning scheme directly to the State Government.
Source: Haryana Gazette
