State Act

THE UTTARAKHAND DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE ACT, 2007

2- In this Act-- (a) "Legislative Assembly Rolls" means the electoral rolls of any constituency of the Legislative Assembly prepared under and according to the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950; (b) "Committee" means the District Planning Committee constituted under section 3; (c) "District level officer" means such officer of the district as the State Government, may, by notification, specify; (d) "Kshettra Panchayat" means a Kshettra Panchayat established under section 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 (as applicable to the State of Uttarakhand and as amended from time to time); (e) "Minister" means a member of the Council of ministers of the Government of Uttarakhand and includes Minister of State and Deputy Minister; (f) "Municipality" means a Municipal Corporation, a Municipal Council or a Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Uttar Pradesh. Municipalities Act. 1916 (as applicable to the State of Uttarakhand and as amended from time to time) or the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 (as applicable to the State of Uttarakhand and as amended from time to time), as the case may be; (g) 'Population" means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published; (h) "Rural area" means an area other than urban area; (i) "Urban area" means the territorial area of a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat, as the case may be; (j) "Zila Panchayat" means a Zila Panchayat established under section 17 of the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 (as applicable to the State of Uttarakhand and as amended from time to time).