State Act

The Himachal Pradesh Town and Country Planning Act, 1977

87. Powers to make rules.-(1) The State Government may, after previous publication, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for (i) other categories of officers which may be appointed under section 3 (1); (ii) the form and manner of publication of notice inviting objections and suggestions under section 8 (1); (iii) the manner of publication of the regional plan under section 9 (2); (iv) the manner of publication of an existing land use map under section 15 for inviting objections and suggestions; (v) the regulation of the forms and contents of interim development plan under section 17; (vi) the manner of publication of the draft development plan under section 19 (1); (vii) the manner of publication of public notice under section 20 (4); (viii) the documents and plans which shall accompany the information under section 28 (1); (ix) (a) the form of application under section 30 (1), the particular which such application shall contain and the documents which shall accompany such application; (b) the fee which shall be accompanied with the application under section 30 (2); (x) the form in which permission shall be granted under section 31 (3); (xi) the manner of communication of order under section 31 (4); 1[(xi-a) the Form in which Structural Stability Certificate is to be furnished under section 31-A of the Act;] (xii) the manner in which the appeal shall be made and the fees which shall accompany such appeal under section 32 (1); (xiii) the time within which, the manner in which and the documents together with which a notice shall be served under section 35 (1); (xiv) the manner in which amount in lieu of expenditure incurred after the grant of permission may be assessed under section 37 (1); 1[(xiv-a) the manner in which an application shall be made under section 39-C of the Act and the amount to be charged for composition of offence;] (xv) the manner in which an application shall be made under section 39 (3) ; 2[(xv-a) the rates at which, and conditions subject to which, the salary and allowances to be paid to the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and members under section 45;] (xvi) the manner of publication of declaration under section 52 (2); (xvii) the form in which and the manner in which the town development schemes in draft form shall be published under section 52 (3); (xviii) the manner in which the final town development scheme shall be published under section 52 (7); (xix) the terms and conditions subject to which the land shall vest in the Town and Country Development Authority under section 58; (xx) (a) the form in which and the manner in which a notice shall be published under section 61 (1); . (b) the form in which a notice shall be issued under section 62 (4); (xxi) the terms and conditions subject to which the Town and Country Development Authority may issue debentures or borrow money under section 65; (xxii) the terms and conditions subject to which loans may be raised under section 72 (2); and 3[(xxiii) the form of application for registration of promoters and estate agents and the fee for such application, form for maintenance of registers and the form of registration certificate under sub-section (2) of section 78a; ( xxiv) the qualifications for a promoter and for an estate agent and the amount and manner of security to be furnished under section 78b; ( xxv) the fee for renewal of registration under section 78c; ( xxvi) the form and manner of maintaining accounts, registers and records by a promoter or estate agent under sub-section (1) and maintenance of register by the Director under sub-section (2) of section 78h; (xxvii) the manner in which the accounts shall be audited and certified by a Chartered Accountant under section 78i; (xxviii) the periodical returns which a promoter or estate agent has to submit to the Director under section 78j; (xxix) the particulars in respect of the design and the materials to be used in the construction of the building and the other information and documents to be disclosed, the manner in which disclosure is to be made and the documents of which true copies shall be given by the promoter under clauses (f), (m) and (n) of sub-section (2) of section 78n; (xxx) the other matters to be disclosed in an advertisement or prospectus under subsection (2) of section 78o; (xxxi) the form of application, the information to be attached with the application and the fee to be paid for the grant of permission under sub-section (1), the authority to be prescribed for giving opinion to the Director under sub-section (2), the form of licence to be issued and the agreement to be entered into under subsection ( 3), the fee to be paid for renewal of licence under sub-section (4), the manner of earmarking developed land, residential apartments or plots for weaker sections of society and the terms and conditions subject to which the reservation is to be made under sub-section (8) and service charges to be paid under subsection (10) of section 78p; (xxxii) the form for the agreement of sale and the particulars and conditions to be contained in and the documents or copies thereof to be attached to such agreement under sub-section (1) of section 78q; (xxxiii) the particulars to be included in respect of conveyance deed of apartment under section 78x; (xxxiv) the form of application under sub-section (1) of section 78y; (xxxv) the conditions to be prescribed under section 78y; (xxxvi) the purposes to be prescribed under sub-section (4) of section 1[78zd]; (xxxvii) any other matter for which Building Regulations or Bye-Laws may be made including the matters relating to the development control and natural hazard prone area; and (xxxviii) any other matter for which rules may be made.]