State Act

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

[38-A (1) Where in any development area the land use of a particular land is changed as a result of amendment of Master Plan or Zonal Development Plan under Section 13 on request of the land owner, the Local Development Authority shall be entitled to levy land use conversion charge on the owner of such land and in such manner and at such rates as may be prescribed : Provided that the land use conversion charge shall not be recovered during consideration of the application made for land use change, rather only such processing fee as prescribed by the local development authority to meet the expenses on examining the matter and inviting objections in the news papers, shall be deposited by the applicant alongwith application. Only after the application found finally acceptable, the land use conversion charge shall be recovered from the owner of land by the concerned Local Development Authority prior to final notification under sub-section (4) of Section 13 of this Act : Provided further that where the land use of a particular land is changed as a result of coming into operation of Master Plan or Zonal Development Plan, no land use conversion charge shall be levied upon the owner of such land. (2) Where in any development area, a license has been granted to private developer for assembly and development of land, the Authority shall be entitled to levy city development charge on the private developer of such land and in such manner and at such rates as may be prescribed by the State Government.]3