State Act

The Kerala Town and Country Planning Act 2016

71. Power of the Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils etc. to prepare Land Pooling Schemes.— 1[(1)] Subject to the provisions of this Act or any other law in force, a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat, Village Panchayat may, for the purpose of implementing the proposals contained in the Plans under this Act, prepare 2[or get prepared or adopt with or without modifications], one or more Land Pooling Schemes for any part of the area within its jurisdiction and get them sanctioned by the Government in the prescribed manner: Provided that the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat may entrust the preparation of the Land Pooling Scheme to a Development Authority having jurisdiction over the area constituted under this Act: Provided further that the Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat shall permit any development in such area only with the concurrence of the Development Authority: Provided also that the Government may entrust a Land Pooling Scheme to a Development Authority if it deems fit. 3[(2)The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Town Panchayat or Village Panchayat may also, through a resolution, decide to prepare or get prepared or adopt with or without modifications a Land Pooling Scheme in respect of any part of the area within its jurisdiction.]