Declaration of Development Areas

Section 29 of the Ajmer Development Authority Act, 2013 deals with declaration of Development Areas. As soon as may be after a plan comes into operation as provided in section 24, the Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any area in Ajmer Region to be a development area for the purposes of this Act. The Act was enacted on 08 Aug 2013.

(1) As soon as may be after a plan comes into operation as provided in section 24, the Authority may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any area in Ajmer Region to be a development area for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in this Act the Authority shall not undertake or carry out any development of land in any area which is not a development area.

(3) On or after the date on which notification under subsection (1) is published in the Official Gazette, no person shall institute or change the use of any land or carry out any development of land within the jurisdiction of the Authority or Municipal Corporation, Ajmer, Municipal Council Kishangarh or Municipal Board Pushkar without their respective permission except the breaking open of any public street for which the previous permission of the Ajmer Traffic Control Board shall be obtained:

Provided that, no such permission shall be necessary -

(i) for carrying out works for the maintenance, improvement or other alteration of any building, being works which affect only the interior of the building or which do not materially affect the external appearance thereof;

(ii) the carrying out of works in compliance with any order or direction made by any authority under any law for the time being in force;

(iii) the carrying out of works by any authority in exercise of its powers under any law for the time being in force;

(iv) for the carrying out by the Central or the State Government or any local authority of any works-

(a) required for the maintenance or improvement of a highway, road or public street, being works carried out on land within the boundaries of such highway, road or public street;

(b) for the purpose of inspecting, repairing or renewing any drains, sewers, mains, pipes, cable, telephone or other apparatus;

(v) for the excavation (including wells) made in the ordinary course of agricultural operation;

(vi) for the construction of a road intended to give access to land solely for agricultural purposes;

(vii) for normal use of land which has been used temporarily for other purpose;

(viii) in case of land, normally used for one purpose and occasionally used for any other purpose, for the use of land for that other purpose on occasion; and

(ix) for use, for any purpose incidental to the use of a building for human habitation of any other building or land attached to such building.

Section 29, The Ajmer Development Authority Act, 2013 (Act 39 of 2013).