Allahabad: Allahabad High Court on Wednesday issued understand to UP suggest general (AG) on a PIL that has challenged the UP Urban Planning Development Act, 1973, and requested the court docket to claim it as unconstitutional.
By this Act, development authorities were formed in more than a few districts of the state.
Hearing a PIL filed via one Om Dutt Singh of Allahabad district, a department bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kumar Singh Baghel and Justice Pankaj Bhatia additionally directed the state government to document its answer inside of six weeks.
The court docket fixed May 10 as the following date of hearing.
In the petition, it was once alleged that on account of enactment of 1973 Act, the powers of municipalities, which are native self governments, have been suspended and subsequently have was useless even being a constitutional frame.
It is further alleged within the petition that via distinctive feature of Section 59(i)(a) of the 1973, the powers of municipalities and municipal firms have been suspended in recognize of development paintings in city areas of the state. Also, though the 1973 Act is a temporary Act and was once presented for a restricted period simplest until the right kind development of the involved city areas of state, it's still in operation.
Further, there is not any record at the issue that whether desired development targets were accomplished or now not and development authorities are functioning under stated Act curbing the facility of constitutional frame like municipal firms.
By this Act, development authorities were formed in more than a few districts of the state.
Hearing a PIL filed via one Om Dutt Singh of Allahabad district, a department bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kumar Singh Baghel and Justice Pankaj Bhatia additionally directed the state government to document its answer inside of six weeks.
The court docket fixed May 10 as the following date of hearing.
In the petition, it was once alleged that on account of enactment of 1973 Act, the powers of municipalities, which are native self governments, have been suspended and subsequently have was useless even being a constitutional frame.
It is further alleged within the petition that via distinctive feature of Section 59(i)(a) of the 1973, the powers of municipalities and municipal firms have been suspended in recognize of development paintings in city areas of the state. Also, though the 1973 Act is a temporary Act and was once presented for a restricted period simplest until the right kind development of the involved city areas of state, it's still in operation.
Further, there is not any record at the issue that whether desired development targets were accomplished or now not and development authorities are functioning under stated Act curbing the facility of constitutional frame like municipal firms.
HC notice to AG on PIL against Urban Planning Act
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