State Act

THE KARNATAKA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1961

1[13. Approval of the Master Plan.- (1) On receipt of the Master Plan with the reports referred to in section 12 from the Planning Authority under sub-section (1) of section 9, or after such plan and reports are prepared and published under sub-section (2) of section 9, the State Government after making such modifications as it deems fit or as may be advised by the Director, shall return through the Director, the plan and the reports to the Planning Authority, which shall thereupon publish, by notification, the plan and the reports inviting public comments within sixty days of such publication 2[Simultaneously, the plan and reports shall be forwarded to the local authorities within the local planning area, which shall, within sixty days from the date of receipt thereof, forward to the Planning Authority, its approval or any observations to be considered by the Authority, failing which the approval of the local authority shall be deemed to have been given.]2 (2) If within sixty days of the publication under sub-section (1), any member of the public communicates in writing to the Planning Authority any comments on the plan and the reports, the Planning authority shall consider such comments and resubmit the plan and the reports to the State Government, through the Director with recommendations for such modifications in the plan and reports as it considers necessary in the light of the public comments made on the plan and reports. (3) The State Government, after receiving the plan and the reports and the recommendations for modifications from the Planning Authority, shall, in consultation with the Director, give its final approval to the plan and the reports with such modifications as the Director may advice in the light of the comments and the recommendations of the Planning authority or otherwise. (4) The Planning Authority shall then publish in the prescribed manner the Master Plan and the reports as finally approved by the State Government. The plan and the reports shall be permanently displayed in the offices of the Director and the Planning Authority and a copy shall be kept available for inspection of the public at the office of the Planning Authority.]1