State Act

THE KARNATAKA TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1961

2-B. Power and duties of Commissioner.- (1) The Commissioner shall be the Head of the Commissionerate. (2) The Commissioner shall be the Head of all the Planning Authorities constituted under the provisions of section 4-C and sub -section (7) of section 2 and the Directorate of Town and Country Planning and the establishment appointed under section 3. (3) All correspondence relating to any matter between the Director of Town and Country Planning, Planning Authorities and Municipal Planning Authorities and the Government dealt under this Act, shall be conducted by the Commissioner: Provided that all correspondence relating to any matter dealt under this Act between Planning Authorities within the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region shall be conducted by the Commissioner of Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority. (4) The Commissioner shall supervise and direct the Planning Authorities, Municipal Planning Authorities and Directorate of Town and Country Planning on such matters as may be necessary under the Act. (5) The Commissioner shall undertake such other functions as maybe required by him to do so under the Act or upon the direction of the Government.]1