State Act

the Uttarakhand Urban and Country Planning and Development Act, 1973 to the context of the State of Uttarakhand.

[37-A (1) No Civil Court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceedings in respect of any matter the cognizance of which can be taken and disposed of by any authority empowered by this Act under the rules or regulations made under this Act. (2) No suit shall lie against the State Government or any State or Local Authority for any relief in respect of any matter covered by this Act. (3) All suits, appeals, revisions, application for review and other incidental or ancillary proceedings including all proceedings under Order 39 of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act No. V of 1908) arising out of such suits, pending before any court subordinate to the High Court and all revisions arising out of interlocutory orders pending before the Courts subordinate to High Court, relating to any matter covered under this Act, on the date of commencement of this Act, shall stand transferred to the Chairman of the concerned Local Development Authority or the State Authority, as the case may be and Local Development Authority or the State Authority shall decide the cases in the same manner as if they were instituted before them under sections 27 and/or 28 or section 7-B of this Act respectively : Provided that the Local Development Authority or the State Authority, as the case may be, subject to the provisions of sections 27 and or 28 or section 7-B of this Act respectively, shall commence the proceedings from the stage at which the case stood transferred as aforesaid with any pleadings presented or any oral or documentary evidence produced in the court as if the same were presented or produced before them.]2